fū, fú
man
Pictograph of a man. The top horizontal stroke distinguishes it from the character 大.
Components
一 Distinguishing component
yī
one
Evolution
![夫 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC) 夫 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E5%A4%AB_0.png)
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)![夫 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC) 夫 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E5%A4%AB_1.png)
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)![夫 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD) 夫 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E5%A4%AB_8.png)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)![夫 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD) 夫 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E5%A4%AB_12.png)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*p(r)a | pju | fū | man |
*[b]a | bju | fú | this, that |
*ba | bju | fú | final particle |
Statistics
HSK level 3
Appears in 72.6734% of movies
313th most common character in movies
377th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 4 |
Unicode | U+592B |
Shuowen | “夫,丈夫也。从大,一以象簪也。周制以八寸為尺,十尺為丈,人長八尺,故曰丈夫。” |
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