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).
Definitions
- width
- roll
- classifier for textiles or pictures
Etymology & Origin
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
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 横幅 | héng fú | horizontal scroll |
| 大幅度 | dà fú dù | substantially |
| 条幅 | tiáo fú | wall scroll (for painting or calligraphy) |
| 不修边幅 | bù xiū biān fú | not care about one's appearance (idiom) |
| 篇幅 | piān fu | length (of a piece of writing) |
| 画幅 | huà fú | painting |
| 巨幅 | jù fú | extremely large (of paintings, photographs etc) |
| 增幅 | zēng fú | growth rate |
| 振幅 | zhèn fú | amplitude |
| 小幅 | xiǎo fú | by a small margin |
| 调幅 | tiáo fú | amplitude modulation (AM) |
| 升幅 | shēng fú | extent of an increase |
| 涨幅 | zhǎng fú | extent of a rise (in prices etc) |
| 广告条幅 | guǎng gào tiáo fú | banner advertisement |
| 条幅广告 | tiáo fú guǎng gào | banner advertisement |
幅 appears in 28 compound words: 11 as the first character, 75 as the last, and 14 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.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
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.
... 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
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
...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
...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
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 ":
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.
他画了一幅玫瑰的画。
Tā huà le yī fú méiguī de huà.
He painted a picture of roses.
汤姆看玛丽画一幅画。
Tāngmǔ kàn Mǎlì huà yī fú huà.
Tom watched Mary draw a picture.
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
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