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Kanji Detail for 福 - "happiness, blessing"

福

  • Meaning

    福 means "happiness, blessing."

    1. Blessing - Good fortune; happiness.

    2. To bless - To bestow happiness upon others.

  • 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: happiness, blessing
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • 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

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    happiness

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    happiness

  • Onyomi

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    fuku(フク) フク

  • Kunyomi

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    himorogi(ひもろぎ) ひもろぎ

    saiwa.i(さいわ-い) さいわ-い

  • Strokes

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    14 strokes

  • Radical

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    示 礻 (shimesu・shimesuhen)

  • Related Keywords

    happiness blessing fortune abundance auspicious bestow bliss contentment divine favor felicity fulfillment joy luck prosperity satisfaction success

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