府

fǔ

seat of government · official residence

Radical: 广 Strokes: 8

Structure: Top-left surroundFrequency: Most common

Same radical

度应底座庭序广床库庆康庸

Same radical

度应底座庭序广床库庆康庸庄店廉

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Character Decomposition

府=广+付

Etymology

wide

Meanings

seat of government

government repository (archive)

official residence

mansion

presidential palace

(honorific) Your home

prefecture (from Tang to Qing times)

fǔ

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Words with 府 348 total

hell · the nether world · Hades地府dì fǔ cave dwelling · legendary abode of immortals洞府dòng fǔ government post in Han dynasty公府gōng fǔ capital of 府 prefecture (from Tang to Qing times) · prefectural seat府城fǔ chéng poplin (cotton cloth used for shirts)府绸fǔ chóu mansion house · official residence府邸fǔ dǐ mansion house · official residence府第fǔ dì

Idioms with 府 14 total Chain

(idiom) land of plenty (usu. used in reference to Sichuan)天府之国tiān fǔ zhī guó open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything · ingenuous胸无城府xiōng wú chéng fǔ subtle way of thinking (idiom); hard to fathom · deep and shrewd胸有城府xiōng yǒu chéng fǔ

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