幅 (fú): width, roll, classifier for textiles or pictures

幅 (fú) is a Chinese character meaning “width.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 巾 (structural) and 畐 (structural). It ranks #1435 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 幅 a roll 畐 of cloth 巾; 畐 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 巾 (cloth) appears in many related characters such as 师 (shī, teacher), 帮 (bāng, to help), 常 (cháng, always).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. width
  2. roll
  3. classifier for textiles or pictures

Etymology & Origin

幅

ideographicA roll 畐 of cloth 巾; 畐 also provides the pronunciation

Decomposition: ⿰巾畐 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with 幅

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
大幅adverbdà fúlarge-format (picture, banner, photo etc)6
幅度nounfú dùwidth6

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
横幅nounhéng fúhorizontal scroll
大幅度adverbdà fú dùsubstantially
条幅nountiáo fúwall scroll (for painting or calligraphy)
不修边幅phrasebù xiū biān fúnot care about one's appearance (idiom)
篇幅nounpiān fulength (of a piece of writing)
画幅nounhuà fúpainting
巨幅adjectivejù fúextremely large (of paintings, photographs etc)
增幅nounzēng fúgrowth rate
振幅nounzhèn fúamplitude
小幅xiǎo fúby a small margin
调幅nountiáo fúamplitude modulation (AM)
升幅nounshēng fúextent of an increase
涨幅nounzhǎng fúextent of a rise (in prices etc)
广告条幅guǎng gào tiáo fúbanner advertisement
条幅广告tiáo fú guǎng gàobanner advertisement
27
Total compounds
7
As first character
78
As last character
15
As middle character

幅 appears in 27 compound words: 7 as the first character, 78 as the last, and 15 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 幅 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

画huà
0.5008,697 co-occurrences
大dà
0.49453,394 co-occurrences
增zēng
0.48610,596 co-occurrences
跌diē
0.4802,683 co-occurrences
涨zhǎng
0.461886 co-occurrences
削xiāo
0.4561,344 co-occurrences
篇piān
0.4544,440 co-occurrences
减jiǎn
0.4542,320 co-occurrences
振zhèn
0.4532,796 co-occurrences
降jiàng
0.4405,392 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (1)

不修边幅bùxiūbiānfúHSK 4+

to not care about one's appearance; to be slovenly in dress and manner; to be unkempt

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Example Sentences

AI-Generated

学习幅字需要反复练习,才能写得工整。

xué xí fú zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .

Mastering the character "幅" requires repeated practice to achieve neatness.

It之家Feb 2026

... 3 月 27 日起涨价,订阅年费最高涨幅 33%

. . . 3 yuè 2 7 rì qǐ zhǎng jià , dìng yuè nián fèi zuì gāo zhǎng fú 3 3

... Price increase from March 27, up to 33% increase in annual subscription fee

Yahoo FinanceFeb 2026

滴滴春节出行数据:一线城市打车订单涨幅创新高

dī dī chūn jié chū háng shǔ jù : yī xiàn chéng shì dǎ chē dìng dān zhǎng fú chuàng xīn gāo

Didi Spring Festival travel data: Taxi orders in first-tier cities rose to a new high

EtnetFeb 2026

...1点,IBM创自2000年以来最大单日跌幅

. . . 1 diǎn , I B M chuàng zì 2 0 0 0 nián yǐ lái zuì dà dān rì diē fú

... At 1 point, IBM recorded its biggest one-day decline since 2000

Investing 香港Feb 2026

...Chic上半财年获利飙升86%,毛利率大幅提升

. . . C h i c shàng bàn cái nián huò lì biāo shēng 8 6 , máo lì lǜ dà fú tí shēng

... Chic's profit soared by 86% in the first half of the fiscal year, and gross profit margin increased significantly

百度新闻Feb 2026

年味上墙!静安这幅“邻里新画卷”,让老小区变成了“..

nián wèi shàng qiáng ! jìng ān zhè fú lín lǐ xīn huà juǎn , ràng lǎo xiǎo qū biàn chéng le . .

New Year's flavor on the wall! Jing'an's "new picture of the neighborhood" has turned the old community into a ":

Tatoeba

墙上挂着一幅鲍勃的肖像。

Qiáng shàng guà zhe yī fú bào bó de xiàoxiàng.

There is a portrait of Bob on the wall.

Tatoeba

他画了一幅玫瑰的画。

Tā huà le yī fú méiguī de huà.

He painted a picture of roses.

Tatoeba

汤姆看玛丽画一幅画。

Tāngmǔ kàn Mǎlì huà yī fú huà.

Tom watched Mary draw a picture.

Tatoeba

汤姆去波士顿买一幅画。

Tāngmǔ qù Bōshìdùn mǎi yī fú huà.

Tom went to Boston to buy a painting.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced fú

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 幅 (fú) mean in Chinese?
幅 (fú) primarily means "width." It is classified as HSK Level 4, making it an upper-intermediate character. It ranks #1435 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 幅 have?
幅 is written with 12 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 幅?
The radical associated with 幅 is 巾 (cloth). This radical appears in many characters related to cloth.
What are the components of 幅?
幅 is composed of: 巾 (structural), 畐 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰巾畐 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 幅?
Common words with 幅 include: 大幅 (dà fú, "large-format (picture, banner, photo etc)"); 幅度 (fú dù, "width"); 横幅 (héng fú, "horizontal scroll"); 大幅度 (dà fú dù, "substantially"); 条幅 (tiáo fú, "wall scroll (for painting or calligraphy)"). There are over 27 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 幅 (fú)?
Several characters share the pronunciation fú: 服 (clothes, serve), 夫 (husband), 复 (to go and return), 父 (father), and 6 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 幅 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 幅 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.