adjective HSK 3 #3,872

Meanings

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

Characters

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

Examples

HSK 1
Tā hěn fù.
He is very rich.
HSK 4
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
is associated with prosperity. Note: (fortune/blessing) is the character hung upside-down on doors during New Year, while appears in names and business signage.

Components

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

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