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Chinese surname

Surname Fu

胡 · 傅 · 符

Fu is a Chinese surname: the Hakka spelling of 胡, or the Mandarin and Cantonese spelling of 傅 and 符.

Characters for the surname Fu

The spelling Fu is common in Hakka, Mandarin (pinyin) and Cantonese romanization.

  • 胡

    non-Han peoples of the north and west; why (literary); surname

    Hakka fù / Mandarin hú

    attested

  • 傅

    teacher; to instruct (literary); surname

    Mandarin fù / Cantonese fu6 / Hakka fu

  • 符

    tally; symbol; charm; surname

    Mandarin fú / Cantonese fu4 / Hakka fù

胡 all spellings of hú傅 all spellings of fù符 all spellings of fú

Possible characters for Fu

Fu 胡 hú · Hakka 傅 fù · Cantonese · Hakka 符 fú · Cantonese · Hakka
The spelling Fu can stand for 3 characters. The spelling alone does not show which one a family uses.
CharacterMandarin reading · romanization of the spelling
胡hú · Hakka
傅fù · Cantonese · Hakka
符fú · Cantonese · Hakka

Other spellings of the same character

  • Foo 傅 胡 符Hakka, Cantonese
  • Aw 胡Hokkien, Teochew
  • Poh 傅Hokkien

About the surname Fu

Fu is the Hakka spelling of the surname 胡 (Mandarin Hu), read fù in Hakka. Fu is also the Mandarin and Cantonese spelling of 傅 (Mandarin fù, Cantonese fu6) and 符 (Mandarin fú, Cantonese fu4). The character 胡 is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The meaning depends on the character the family uses.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 胡 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 胡 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 傅 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. MDBG: 傅 · mdbg.net · meaning
  5. Wiktionary: 符 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  6. MDBG: 符 · mdbg.net · meaning

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