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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Fó | Fo2
English translation
Buddha
Buddhism
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
fú | fu2
English translation
seemingly
(female) head ornament
variant of 彿
>[fú]
Buddha; Buddhist

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

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person

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

亻弗

Semantic compound

rén

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. rén represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of 彿.

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狂风 kuáng fēng 仿 fǎng yāo chuán 撕成碎片 suì piàn 似的 shìde .

The ferocious winds seemed about to tear the ship to pieces.

zuì 紧张 jǐnzhāng 刺激 cìjī de 球赛 qiú sài shì 哈佛 Hā fó duì duì 耶鲁 Yē lǔ duì .

The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.

妇女 fùnǚ guì zài 佛像 fó xiàng qián 祈祷 qí dǎo .

Several women knelt down before the statue of Buddha and prayed.

奥立佛 Cóng míng 衣冠楚楚 yī guān chǔ chǔ de 乘客 chéng kè 身上 shēn shang tōu 得一 Bāo 香烟 xiāng yān .

Oliver filched a packet of cigarettes from a well - dressed passenger.

他们 tā men zài 佛像 fó xiàng 面前 miàn qián 下跪 xià guì .

They knelt before the image of Buddha.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
seemingly
仿佛 fǎngfú to seem彷彿
哈佛 Hā fó Harvard哈佛 Hā fó
佛罗里达 Fú luó lǐ dá Florida佛羅里達
佛教 Fó jiào Buddhism佛教 Fó jiào
佛山 Fó shān Foshan prefecture-level city in Guangdong佛山 Fó shān
丹佛 Dān fó Denver, Colorado丹佛 Dān fó
阿弥陀佛 Ē mí tuó Fó Amitabha Buddha阿彌陀佛
佛罗里达州 Fó luó lǐ dá zhōu Florida佛羅里達州
佛祖 Fó zǔ Buddha佛祖 Fó zǔ
佛罗伦萨 Fó luó lún sà Florence, city in Italy佛羅倫薩
哈佛大学 Hā fó Dà xué Harvard University哈佛大學
佛山市 Fó shān shì Foshan prefecture-level city in Guangdong 廣東省|广东省 Guǎng dōng shěng [Guǎng​dōng​shěng]佛山市 Fó shān shì
佛门 Fó mén Buddhism佛門
佛蒙特州 Fó méng tè zhōu Vermont, US state佛蒙特州 Fó méng tè zhōu
佛法 fó fǎ Buddhist doctrine佛法 fó fǎ
多佛 Duō fó Dover多佛 Duō fó
佛教徒 Fó jiào tú Buddhist佛教徒 Fó jiào tú
雪佛兰 Xuě fó lán Chevrolet雪佛蘭
佛陀 Fó tuó Buddha (a person who has attained Buddhahood, or specifically Siddhartha Gautama)佛陀 Fó tuó
佛罗伦斯 Fó luó lún sī Florence, city in Italy (Tw)佛羅倫斯

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