Hanja Analyzer
府

府 — bu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
마을[官廳] 부
Romanization
bu
English
prefecture; prefect; government
Mandarin
fǔ
Japanese on'yomi
フ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#170 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Radical
广 (53, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
付(부)
Unicode
U+5E9C

Parts that make up 府

  • 广 바윗집 엄 한쪽 벽에 기댄 지붕집과 건물
  • 付 부칠 부sound 손으로 건네주는 모양‘부’ 계열의 소리

How 府 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 府 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 广, 付.

Korean example words with 府

  • 관부官府 Korean gloss: 정부나 관청
  • 웅부雄府 Korean gloss: 웅장하게 큰 고을
  • 부하府下 Korean gloss: 어떤 부의 구역 안
  • 신부新府 Korean gloss: 새로 이루어진 고을
  • 성부城府 Korean gloss: 성으로 둘러싸인 시가
  • 춘부椿府 Korean gloss: 남의 아버지를 높여 이르는 말
  • 심부心府 Korean gloss: 마음이 있는 곳. 또는 그 마음
  • 명부冥府 Korean gloss: 사람이 죽은 뒤에 심판을 받는 곳
  • 부고府庫 Korean gloss: 예전에, 곳간으로 쓰려고 지은 집
  • 부옥府獄 Korean gloss: 조선 시대에, 각 지방 관아에 있던 감옥
  • 부군府君 Korean gloss: 죽은 아버지나 남자 조상을 높여 이르는 말
  • 부내府內 Korean gloss: 예전에, 행정 구역 단위였던 부의 구역 안

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 府

  • 政府せいふ government; administration; ministry
  • 都道府県とどうふけん prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
  • 府警ふけい prefectural police (Osaka or Kyoto)
  • 総理府そうりふ Prime Minister's office; PMO
  • 府立ふりつ prefectural; managed by an urban prefecture (Osaka or Kyoto)
  • 州政府しゅうせいふ state government
  • 幕府ばくふ shogunate; bakufu; shogun's headquarters
  • 府県ふけん prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo and Hokkaido)
  • 立法府りっぽうふ assize; court; legislature
  • 府知事ふちじ prefectural governor (of Osaka or Kyoto)
  • 無政府むせいふ anarchy
  • 国府こくふ Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang); provincial office (under the ritsuryō system); provincial capital

Characters sharing the phonetic 付

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “부” in Korean.

Other hanja read “부”

Other hanja with radical 广

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