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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
fǔ | fu3
English translation
cauldron, kettle, pot

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Jīn

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

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metal

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

父金

Semantic compound

Jīn

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Jīn represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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洪水 hóngshuǐ 冲垮 chōng kuǎ le 釜山 Fǔ shān de 一座主要 zhǔyào 桥梁 qiáoliáng

Flood waters washed away one of the main bridges in Pusan.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
釜山 Fǔ shān Busan Metropolitan City in South Gyeongsang Province 慶尚南道|庆尚南道 Qìng shàng nán dào [Qìng​shàng​nán​dào], South Korea釜山 Fǔ shān
kettle
破釜沉舟 pò fǔ chén zhōu to burn one's boats破釜沉舟 pò fǔ chén zhōu
釜底抽薪 fǔ dǐ chōu xīn to pull the carpet from under sb釜底抽薪 fǔ dǐ chōu xīn
釜山市 Fǔ shān shì Busan Metropolitan City in South Gyeongsang Province 慶尚南道|庆尚南道 Qìng shàng nán dào [Qìng​shàng​nán​dào], South Korea釜山市 Fǔ shān shì
釜底游鱼 fǔ dǐ yóu yú in a desperate situation釜底游魚

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