富

fù
adjective HSK 5 #3,872

Meanings

  1. 1 rich; wealthy
  2. 2 abundant; plentiful

Characters

Contains 宀 (roof) + 畐 (full vessel) - a house full of abundance.

Examples

HSK 1
Tā hěn fù.
He is very rich.
HSK 5
Zhèlǐ zīyuán fēngfù.
The resources here are abundant.
HSK 5
Fùrén hé qióngrén de chājù yuèláiyuè dà.
The gap between the rich and poor is getting bigger.

Tips

usage
Common compounds: 丰富 (rich/abundant), 富有 (wealthy/rich in), 财富 (wealth), 富裕 (prosperous).
culture
富 is associated with prosperity. Note: 福 (fortune/blessing) is the character hung upside-down on doors during New Year, while 富 appears in names and business signage.

Components

radical
宀 mián
roof; house
Top 宀 (roof) - the indexing radical, the standard 'under one roof' marker. Anchors 富 as a property-of-the-household word: wealth lives at home. The radical pulls 富 in alongside 家 (home), 安 (peace), 宝 (treasure), 室 (room) - domestic-space characters.
phonetic
畐 fú
full vessel; abundance
Bottom 畐 supplies the sound (fú → fù, just a tone shift) and a strong semantic echo: 畐 itself depicts a brim-full ceremonial wine jar. House (above) + full jar (below) = a household with full storehouses = wealth. Same phonetic family: 福 (blessing), 副 (secondary), 幅 (width).

Stroke Order

富 fù