HSK 4 · Adjectives

富 fù “rich” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 富 means

  1. rich
  2. abundant
  3. wealthy

How to say 富

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale富fù4th tone, falling

富 in a sentence

  1. 我哥哥很富有。

    Wǒ gēge hěn fùyǒu.

    My older brother is rich.

    Sentence #1388728 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 日本是个富有的国家。

    Rìběn shì ge fùyǒu de guójiā.

    Japan is a rich country.

    Sentence #345924 from Tatoeba

  3. 健康比财富重要。

    Jiànkāng bǐ cáifù zhòngyào.

    Health is more important than wealth.

    Sentence #346072 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 富 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 富 (fù) with each of its parts in a different colour
富fùrich
  • 宀roof · miánMeaning part
  • 畐to fillSound part

宀 hints at the meaning (roof); 畐 () hints at the sound. Compare it with fù.

How to write 富

富 12 strokes

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富 (fù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 富 (fù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 富

Words with 富

丰富fēngfù · to enrich财富cáifù · wealth富裕fùyù · well-off

More words: Adjectives

粗心cūxīn · careless低dī · low丰富fēngfù · to enrich复杂fùzá · complicated干gān · dry关键guānjiàn · crucial point国际guójì · international合格hégé · to meet the standard required

FAQs

富 (fù) means “rich” or “abundant”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it fù: fù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 富 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 富 from the suggestions. Typing fu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
富 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.