福 fú blessing
blessing; happiness; good fortune; luck
How to remember 福: 礻 sign + 畐 plenty = blessing. At New Year Grandma hangs a red paper sign on the door and wishes for plenty of food, the family's best blessing.
Component breakdown
福 = 礻 sign + 畐 plenty
- 礻 sign
- 畐 plenty
At New Year Grandma hangs a red paper sign on the door and wishes for plenty of food, the family's best blessing.
How it is used
- Fortune and blessing - 幸福 (xìngfú) happiness, 祝福 (zhùfú) to bless, 福气 (fúqi) good luck one "has".
- The single character 福 is the Spring Festival word, pasted on doors (often upside-down, since 倒 dào "upside-down" sounds like 到 "arrives").
- 福利 (fúlì) shifts it to concrete "welfare / benefits" at a job.
Words with 福
Example sentences
- 节约能源关系到全人类的福祉。 Jiéyuē néngyuán guānxidào quán rénlèi de fúzhǐ.Energy conservation touches on the welfare of all mankind.
- 他们的生活很幸福。 Tāmen de shēnghuó hěn xìngfú.They have happy lives.
- 幸福的日子过去了。 Xìngfú de rìzi guòqù le.The happy days are gone.
- 她很羡慕好朋友的幸福婚姻。 Tā hěn xiànmù hǎo péngyou de xìngfú hūnyīn.She admires/envies her good friend's happy marriage.