府

府 U+5E9C, 府 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E9C ← 庛 [U+5E9B] CJK Unified Ideographs 庝 → [U+5E9D]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

府 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 戈人木戈 (IODI), four-corner 0024₀, composition ⿸广付)

Derived characters

• 俯 捬 腑 椨 焤 腐

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 345, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9283
• Dae Jaweon: page 654, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 877, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5E9C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		府

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 府
Warring States			Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

	Old Chinese
鉜	*bu
跗	*po, *bos
柎	*po
腑	*poʔ
俯	*poʔ
府	*poʔ
付	*pos
咐	*pos
怤	*pʰo
泭	*pʰo, *bo
姇	*pʰo
紨	*pʰo
拊	*pʰoʔ
弣	*pʰoʔ
符	*bo
苻	*bo
坿	*bo, *bos
腐	*boʔ
附	*bos
駙	*bos
鮒	*bos
袝	*bos
蚹	*bos
胕	*bos

Characters in the same phonetic series (付) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *poʔ) : semantic 广 (“building”) + phonetic 付 (OC *pos) – a type of building.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	府
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	方矩切
Baxter	pjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨoX/
Pan Wuyun	/pioX/
Shao Rongfen	/pioX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puə̆X/
Li Rong	/pioX/
Wang Li	/pĭuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu2

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	府
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ pjuX ›
Old Chinese	/*p(r)oʔ/
English	repository
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	府
Reading #	1/1
No.	3511
Phonetic component	付
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	甫
Old Chinese	/*poʔ/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǔ (fu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu²
• Gan (Wiktionary): fu³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fú

  (Hailu, HRS): fu^ˊ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): fu³

• Jin (Wiktionary): fu²
• Northern Min (KCR): hǔ
• Eastern Min (BUC): hū
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hu³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hú

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hu²

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): hu²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵fu
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǔ
    • Wade–Giles: fu³
    • Yale: fǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuu
    • Palladius: фу (fu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fu²
    • Yale: fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: fu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fú
    • Hakka Romanization System: fu^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fu³
    • Sinological IPA: /fu³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: fu^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /fu²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fu³
    • Sinological IPA: /fu³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: fu²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /fu⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hǔ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hū
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hu³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hu⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hu³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hú
    • Tâi-lô: hú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hu²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hu⁵²/
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: hu²
    • Sinological IPA: /hu³¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵fu
    • MiniDict: fu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²fu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /fu³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: fu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɸu⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: pjuX

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*p(r)oʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*poʔ/

Definitions

府

1. (historical) government repository
2. warehouse; storehouse; stores
3. (historical) organs of state power
4. (historical) official residence
5. (literary, honorific) your residence
6. (historical) an East Asian administrative division of various status over the centuries, usually translated as prefecture or commandery
   1. province of Thailand
   2. urban prefecture of Japan
7. prefectural capital
8. prefect

Synonyms

• (warehouse): 倉／仓 (cāng)

Compounds

• 中央政府 (zhōngyāng zhèngfǔ)
• 二府
• 京府
• 人民政府 (rénmín zhèngfǔ)
• 仙府
• 他鄉外府／他乡外府
• 伊府麵／伊府面 (yīfǔmiàn)
• 佩文韻府／佩文韵府
• 保定府
• 備身府／备身府
• 內府／内府 (nèifǔ)
• 內府本／内府本
• 公府
• 冊府／册府
• 冊府元龜／册府元龟
• 冥府 (míngfǔ)
• 北府
• 回府 (huífǔ)
• 地府 (dìfǔ)
• 地府勾牌
• 地方政府 (dìfāng zhèngfǔ)
• 城府 (chéngfǔ)
• 城府深密
• 報府／报府
• 大府 (Dàfǔ)
• 大晟府 (Dàshèngfǔ)
• 天府 (tiānfǔ)
• 天府之國／天府之国 (tiānfǔ zhī guó)
• 學府／学府 (xuéfǔ)
• 守府
• 宗人府
• 官府 (guānfǔ)
• 宮府／宫府 (gōngfǔ)
• 將軍府／将军府
• 尊府
• 小山樂府／小山乐府
• 少府 (shàofǔ)
• 市府 (shìfǔ)
• 市政府 (shìzhèngfǔ)
• 幕府 (mùfǔ)
• 幕府時代／幕府时代
• 幽冥地府
• 府上 (fǔshàng)
• 府丞
• 府主
• 府尹 (fǔyǐn)
• 府佐
• 府兵
• 府君 (fǔjūn)
• 府城 (fǔchéng)
• 府場／府场 (Fǔchǎng)
• 府報／府报
• 府學／府学
• 府宅 (fǔzhái)
• 府尊
• 府小吏
• 府帑
• 府幹／府干
• 府庫／府库 (fǔkù)
• 府快
• 府會／府会
• 府河 (Fǔhé)
• 府治
• 府第 (fǔdì)
• 府綢／府绸 (fǔchóu)
• 府衙 (fǔyá)
• 府試／府试
• 府邸 (fǔdǐ)
• 庭府
• 廣府幫／广府帮
• 廣府戲／广府戏
• 影子政府 (yǐngzi zhèngfǔ)
• 德川幕府 (Déchuān Mùfǔ)
• 怨府
• 應天府／应天府
• 打道回府 (dǎdàohuífǔ)
• 撞府沖州／撞府冲州
• 撞府穿州
• 政府 (zhèngfǔ)
• 斗府
• 明府
• 有限政府
• 望府座 (Wàngfǔzuò)
• 本府 (běnfǔ)
• 柏府
• 柏臺烏府／柏台乌府
• 樂府／乐府 (yuèfǔ)
• 樂府指迷／乐府指迷
• 樂府詩／乐府诗 (yuèfǔshī)
• 樂府詩集／乐府诗集
• 樂府雜錄／乐府杂录
• 權府／权府
• 殖民政府
• 水府
• 江戶幕府／江户幕府 (Jiānghù Mùfǔ)
• 流亡政府 (liúwáng zhèngfǔ)
• 洞府
• 清曹峻府
• 潭府
• 烏府／乌府
• 王府 (wángfǔ)
• 王爺府／王爷府 (wángyefǔ)
• 盟府
• 相府 (xiàngfǔ)
• 省府 (shěngfǔ)
• 省政府 (shěngzhèngfǔ)
• 知府 (zhīfǔ)
• 祕府／秘府
• 紫府
• 經官動府／经官动府
• 縣府／县府 (xiànfǔ)
• 縣政府／县政府 (xiànzhèngfǔ)
• 總統府／总统府 (zǒngtǒngfǔ)
• 義府／义府
• 聯合政府／联合政府 (liánhé zhèngfǔ)
• 聯邦政府／联邦政府 (liánbāng zhèngfǔ)
• 胸無城府／胸无城府 (xiōngwúchéngfǔ)
• 臨時政府／临时政府
• 莫府
• 華府／华府 (Huáfǔ)
• 蓮府／莲府
• 藩府
• 衝州撞府／冲州撞府
• 貴府／贵府
• 造府
• 郡府
• 都府
• 鐮倉幕府／镰仓幕府
• 闔府／阖府
• 陰曹地府／阴曹地府
• 霸府
• 靈府／灵府
• 韻府／韵府 (yùnfǔ)
• 韻府群玉／韵府群玉
• 首府 (shǒufǔ)
• 首相府 (shǒuxiàngfǔ)
• 高等學府／高等学府
• 黃龍府／黄龙府

 

References

• “府”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 府

府

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. urban prefecture

Readings

• Go-on: ふ (fu, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ふ (fu, Jōyō)
• Kun: くら (kura, 府)、みやこ (miyako, 府)、つかさ (tsukasa, 府)

Compounds

• 府君(ふくん) (fukun)
• 府庫(ふこ) (fuko): treasury
• 府寺(ふじ) (fuji)
• 府治(ふじ) (fuji)
• 府第(ふだい) (fudai)
• 府(ふ)中(ちゅう) (Fuchū)
• 政(せい)府(ふ) (seifu): government
• 幕(ばく)府(ふ) (bakufu): shogunate

Noun

府(ふ) • (fu) 

1. The prefectural governments of Osaka and Kyoto.

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 府 (MC pjuX).

Hanja

府 (eumhun 곳집 부 (gotjip bu))
府 (eumhun 관청 부 (gwancheong bu))

1. hanja form^? of 부 (“warehouse”)
2. hanja form^? of 부 (“government office”)

Vietnamese

Han character

府: Hán Nôm readings: phủ

1. (historical) a Chinese prefecture

   An Nam Đô hộ phủ ― Annam Prefecture

2. (historical) the residence of a nobleman or government official

   phủ Chúa Trịnh ― the Trịnh Lord's Palace