Read Edit View history 夫 fūfú HSK3 man Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a man. The top horizontal stroke either distinguishes it from the character 大 or depicts a hairpin, something that was only worn by adults. Pinyin Separate values with commas fu ×fū × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 夫 Simp strokes 夫 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Pictograph of a person standing up. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 夫 Simp strokes 夫 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 夫 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 323, 586 ], [ 369, 577 ], [ 421, 580 ], [ 652, 627 ], [ 723, 628 ] ], [ [ 191, 377 ], [ 250, 370 ], [ 394, 398 ], [ 733, 442 ], [ 784, 436 ], [ 823, 424 ] ], [ [ 444, 825 ], [ 497, 777 ], [ 469, 414 ], [ 453, 320 ], [ 427, 240 ], [ 376, 154 ], [ 315, 96 ], [ 230, 45 ], [ 112, 6 ] ], [ [ 491, 384 ], [ 503, 343 ], [ 566, 252 ], [ 665, 131 ], [ 741, 55 ], [ 780, 28 ], [ 961, -6 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 508 569 Q 584 585 666 597 Q 721 609 730 616 Q 740 625 735 634 Q 728 647 695 657 Q 661 664 626 653 Q 571 637 513 621 L 459 611 Q 398 602 333 597 Q 291 593 320 572 Q 368 545 433 557 Q 443 560 456 560 L 508 569 Z", "M 492 391 Q 597 406 757 407 Q 826 407 832 417 Q 838 430 820 445 Q 765 484 723 476 Q 638 457 496 432 L 444 425 Q 443 425 443 424 Q 326 408 193 388 Q 171 385 187 367 Q 220 337 262 347 Q 344 372 439 384 L 492 391 Z", "M 491 390 Q 491 391 492 391 L 496 432 Q 497 444 508 569 L 513 621 Q 516 720 543 771 Q 552 787 541 801 Q 516 822 473 835 Q 446 842 436 836 Q 426 829 434 815 Q 458 773 460 722 Q 461 667 459 611 L 456 560 Q 452 491 444 425 L 439 384 Q 411 224 332 146 Q 265 80 120 19 Q 105 12 105 8 Q 106 4 118 2 Q 142 -4 198 13 Q 294 35 364 101 Q 451 180 484 342 L 491 390 Z", "M 484 342 Q 587 159 723 8 Q 751 -26 779 -26 Q 864 -20 936 -16 Q 967 -15 967 -7 Q 968 2 934 18 Q 763 94 758 98 Q 649 179 504 372 Q 497 382 491 390 C 473 414 469 368 484 342 Z" ] } 4 strokes 夫 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 315, 587 ], [ 413, 579 ], [ 731, 625 ] ], [ [ 183, 381 ], [ 237, 369 ], [ 746, 443 ], [ 829, 427 ] ], [ [ 437, 828 ], [ 502, 770 ], [ 436, 262 ], [ 333, 110 ], [ 240, 51 ], [ 111, 12 ] ], [ [ 487, 384 ], [ 591, 222 ], [ 738, 57 ], [ 792, 23 ], [ 956, -4 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M508,569C559,578 611,588 666,597C703,604 724,612 730,616C736,622 738,629 735,634C730,644 716,652 695,657C671,663 649,660 626,653C589,642 552,629 513,621C477,614 477,614 459,611C418,604 376,601 333,597C305,595 299,586 320,572C340,560 357,553 386,551C403,550 435,557 456,560C491,566 491,566 508,569Z", "M491,391C561,401 650,407 757,407C803,408 828,411 832,417C836,426 832,437 820,445C783,473 750,482 723,476C666,464 580,447 495,433C461,428 461,428 444,425C408,420 281,402 193,388C178,386 174,379 187,367C207,347 234,340 262,347C317,363 375,376 439,384C474,389 474,389 491,391Z", "M491,391C492,403 493,420 495,433C498,462 505,543 508,569C511,604 511,604 513,621C519,687 524,738 543,771C548,782 549,793 541,801C525,817 500,827 473,835C454,841 442,841 436,836C429,832 428,826 434,815C466,766 464,708 459,611C457,577 457,577 456,560C453,514 449,469 444,425C441,398 441,398 439,384C427,288 384,198 332,146C287,102 216,60 120,19C109,15 104,12 105,8C105,7 109,3 118,2C205,0 305,48 364,101C421,154 468,233 484,342C486,359 488,375 491,391Z", "M484,342C552,220 633,111 723,8C742,-13 760,-27 779,-26C835,-23 888,-18 936,-16C956,-15 966,-12 967,-7C967,-1 955,8 934,18C819,70 771,88 758,98C655,179 566,297 491,391C481,404 477,357 484,342Z" ] } 4 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.