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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Fu

  • 富rich, wealthy; abundant
  • 福blessing; happiness; good fortune
  • 芙lotus
Letters
2
Syllables
1
First letter
F
Romanization
Mandarin (pinyin), Cantonese
Character options
4
  • Chinese characters富福芙夫
1

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Fu in their name

A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.

Fu is a Chinese name syllable from Mandarin, Cantonese and Hakka; the character 富 means 'rich, wealthy; abundant', but the meaning depends on the character chosen.

Possible characters for Fu

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

  • 富

    rich, wealthy; abundant

    Mandarin fù / Cantonese fu3 / Hakka fu

    attested

  • 福

    blessing; happiness; good fortune

    Mandarin fú

  • 芙

    lotus

    Mandarin fú / Cantonese fu4

  • 夫

    man; husband

    Mandarin fū / Cantonese fu1 / Hakka fû

One spelling can stand for several characters. The meaning of a name depends on the characters the family chose; characters marked “attested” are found in records of real names.

About the name Fu

Fu is a syllable in Chinese names, usually spelled from the Mandarin fù/fú/fū, Cantonese fu and Hakka fu reading. The character 富 ('rich, wealthy; abundant') is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. Other characters with a matching reading include 福 ('blessing; happiness; good fortune'), 芙 ('lotus') and 夫 ('man; husband'). The actual meaning depends on the character the family chose.

RomanizationMandarin (pinyin), Cantonese, Hakka

Character pages

Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.

Chinese names with the syllable Fu

Sources

  1. MDBG: 富 · mdbg.net · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 富 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. MDBG: 福 · mdbg.net · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: 福 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  5. MDBG: 芙 · mdbg.net · meaning
  6. Wiktionary: 芙 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  7. MDBG: 夫 · mdbg.net · meaning
  8. Wiktionary: 夫 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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