HSK 5 · Function Words

幅 fú “measure word for paintings” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 幅 means

  1. measure word for paintings, pictures and cloth
  2. width
  3. roll
  4. classifier for textiles or pictures

How to say 幅

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale幅fú2nd tone, rising

幅 in a sentence

  1. 他正在画一幅画。

    Tā zhèngzài huà yì fú huà.

    He’s drawing a picture.

    Sentence #405186 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 把那幅画挂到墙上。

    Bǎ nà fú huà guà dào qiáng shàng.

    Hang that picture on the wall.

    Sentence #408499 from Tatoeba

  3. 他有很多幅名贵的画。

    Tā yǒu hěn duō fú míngguì de huà.

    He has a lot of valuable paintings.

    Sentence #3078801 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 幅 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 幅 (fú) with each of its parts in a different colour
幅fúwidth
  • 巾napkin · jīn
  • 畐to fill

How to write 幅

幅 12 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 幅

Words with 幅

幅度fúdù · range

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FAQs

幅 (fú) means “measure word for paintings, pictures and cloth” or “width”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it fú: fú with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 幅 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 幅 from the suggestions. Typing fu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
幅 is an HSK 5 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.