福

fú

abbr. for Fujian province 福建省[Fu2 jian4 Sheng3]

surname Fu; good fortune; happiness; luck

Spirit (礻) + abundance sound (畐) = good fortune and blessings

The spirit/altar radical 礻 carries the meaning, linking blessings to divine favor. 畐 mainly contributes the sound fú; its shape of a full vessel may have reinforced the sense of abundance, but its primary role here is phonetic.

礻+畐→福
畐A full vesselPhonetic
礻SpiritSemantic

新年到了,祝你们全家幸福。

xīn nián dào le , zhù nǐ men quán jiā xìng fú 。

The new year has come; I wish your whole family happiness.

他觉得能陪在父母身边是一种福。

tā jué de néng péi zài fù mǔ shēn biān shì yī zhǒng fú 。

He feels that being able to stay by his parents' side is a kind of good fortune.

Words with 福

马太福音

mǎ tài fú yīn

Gospel according to St Matthew

福冈

fú gāng

Fukuoka, capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan

福彩

fú cǎi

lottery run by China Welfare Lottery, a government agency that uses a portion of the money from ticket sales to fund welfare projects (abbr. for 福利彩票[fu2 li4 cai3 piao4])

福音

fú yīn

good news

托福

tuō fú

(old) thanks to your lucky influence (polite reply to health inquiries)

福安市

fú ān shì

Fu'an, a county-level city in Ningde City 寧德市|宁德市[Ning2 de2 Shi4], Fujian

有福

yǒu fú

to be blessed

造福

zào fú

to benefit (e.g. the people)

造福社群

zào fú shè qún

to benefit the community

造福万民

zào fú wàn mín

to benefit thousands of people

遐福

xiá fú

great and lasting happiness

开福

kāi fú

see 開福區|开福区[Kai1 fu2 Qu1]

More characters with 礻

祓礼祇祈祀祆祎祉