甫 (fǔ): (classical) barely, just
甫 (fǔ) is a Chinese character meaning “(classical) barely.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 十 (structural) and 用 (structural). It ranks #2983 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- (classical) barely
- just
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 神甫noun | shén fu | variant of 神父 |
| 巴甫洛夫proper-noun | bā fǔ luò fū | Pavlov (name) |
| 王实甫 | wáng shí fǔ | Wang Shifu (fl. 1295-1307), author of Romance of the West Chamber 西廂記|西厢记 |
| 惊魂甫定 | jīng hún fǔ dìng | to have just recovered from a shock |
| 李林甫 | lǐ lín fǔ | Li Linfu (-752), Tang politician, chancellor under Tang emperor Xuanzong 玄宗 |
| 甫一 | fǔ yī | as soon as |
| 杜甫草堂 | dù fǔ cǎo táng | Du Fu's Thatched Cottage (park and museum in Chengdu) |
| 台甫noun | tái fǔ | (polite) courtesy name |
| 玉素甫 | yù sù fǔ | Yusuf, Arabic given name (Joseph) |
| 皇甫proper-noun | huáng fǔ | two-character surname Huangfu |
| 皇甫镈 | huáng fǔ bó | Huangfu Bo (c. 800), Minister during early Tang |
| 皇甫嵩 | huáng fǔ sōng | Huangfu Song (-195), later Han general and warlord |
| 章甫荐履 | zhāng fǔ jiàn lǚ | court crown beneath straw shoe (idiom) |
| 杜甫 | dù fǔ | Du Fu (712-770), great Tang dynasty poet |
| 辜振甫 | gū zhèn fǔ | Koo Chen-fu (1917-2005), Taiwanese businessman and diplomat |
甫 appears in 15 compound words: 7 as the first character, 53 as the last, and 40 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
这个甫字在古汉语中有不同的含义。
zhè gè fǔ zì zài gǔ hàn yǔ zhōng yǒu bù tóng de hán yì .
In Classical Chinese, the character "甫" has different meanings.
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Character Family
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