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CHINESE CHARACTER

fú

佛

佛

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Buddha

Numbered pinyin
fu2
English meanings
Buddha, Buddhism, image of Buddha

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 亻; right 弗.

  • Left

    亻
  • Right

    弗
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    • First part

      弓
    • Second part

      ⿰
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Meaning & sound clues

亻 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “person”.

弗 is identified as the sound component (fú). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 佛.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰亻弗

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    bài拜fú佛。

    Worship the Buddha.

  2. 02

    fú佛xiàng像。

    A Buddha statue.

  3. 03

    xìn信fú佛。

    Believe in Buddhism.

  4. 04

    fú佛jīng经。

    Buddhist scriptures.

  5. 05

    fú佛mén门。

    The Buddhist community.

  6. 06

    sìmiào寺庙lǐ里de的fú佛。

    The Buddha in the temple.

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  • 仿佛
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