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Kanji Detail for 福 - "fortune, blessing, happiness"

福

  • Meaning

    福 means "fortune, blessing, happiness."

    1. Fortune - Good luck; happiness and prosperity.

    2. Blessing - Bestowing happiness upon others; granting good fortune.

    3. Happiness - A state of well-being and contentment.

    4. Sacred offering - Wine and meat offered to gods during festivals.

  • Words using 福

    • 福祉 ふくし Listen welfare; well-being; social welfare
    • 社会福祉 しゃかいふくし Listen social welfare
    • 幸福 こうふく Listen happiness; well-being; joy
    • 福助 ふくすけ Listen large-headed dwarf statue, bringer of good luck
    • 祝福 しゅくふく Listen celebration (of a joyous occasion); blessing; giving one's blessing
    • 裕福 ゆうふく Listen wealthy; rich; affluent
    • 福利厚生 ふくりこうせい Listen employee welfare; employee benefits; fringe benefits
    • 至福 しふく Listen beatitude; supreme bliss

  • Four-character idioms with 福

    • 吉凶禍福 きっきょうかふく Listen good and bad fortune, and weal and woe
    • 国利民福 こくりみんぷく Listen national interests and the people's welfare
    • 禍福得喪 かふくとくそう Listen calamity, good fortune, success and failure
    • 福善禍淫 ふくぜんかいん Listen fortune follows the virtuous, calamity befalls the wicked; heaven rewards the good and punishes the evil
    • 福徳円満 ふくとくえんまん Listen being perfectly happy and prosperous; wealth and happiness
    • 開運招福 かいうんしょうふく Listen bringing luck and good fortune

  • Origin of 福

    The altar radical 礻 beside 畐, a jar full to the brim, lending the reading fuku: a full vessel offered at the altar, and abundance granted back. Blessing as a filled jar.

    How to remember it: A brimming jar 畐 set on the altar 礻 — offer plenty, receive plenty: fortune.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 福

    • Verified meaning: fortune, blessing, happiness
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さき, さち, たからだ, とみ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 福

    Given names 福(さき)Listen 福(ふく)Listen

    Surnames 福(さち)Listen 福(たからだ)Listen 福(とみ)Listen 福(はまふく)Listen 福(ふくさき)Listen 福(ふくざき)Listen 福(ふくつる)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    blessing; fortune; luck; wealth

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    happiness, good fortune, blessing

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

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

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    happiness, good fortune, blessings

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Auspicious matters. Generally called 福. Such as wealth, honor, longevity, and old age. (Book of Documents) Nine and five blessings. First is longevity. Second is wealth. Third is health. Fourth is love of virtue. Fifth is dying of old age.

  • Onyomi

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    fuku(フク) フク

  • Kunyomi

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    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    示 礻 (shimesu・shimesuhen)

  • Related Keywords

    fortune blessing happiness sacred offering abundance affluence auspicious bliss boon destiny fate favor felicity grace luck prosperity riches serendipity success treasure

Sentences including 福

  • He is better off than he was.

  • Happiness consists of good health.

  • He lived a happy life.

  • I'm on top of the world.

  • I had a happy childhood.

  • He is not as well off as he used to be.

  • I want to make her happy.

  • Rich as he is , he is not happy.

  • Bob was very happy.

  • Their married life was full bliss.

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