府 (fǔ)

Government office; residence (bound form used in 政府)

How 府 is written

Strokes
8
Radical
广 — house on cliff
Traditional
府
Simplified
府 (unchanged)

Components

  • 广 house on cliff
  • 亻 human
  • 寸 thumb

Common words using 府

政府 zhèngfǔ
government; CL:個|个[ge4]
城府 chéngfǔ
subtle; shrewd; sophisticated
天府 tiānfǔ
Heavenly province (epithet of Sichuan, esp. area around Chengdu); land of plenty
學府 xuéfǔ
educational establishment
官府 guānfǔ
authorities; feudal official
市政府 shìzhèngfǔ
city hall; city government
王府 wángfǔ
prince's mansion
王府井 wángfǔjǐng
Wangfujing neighborhood of central Beijing, famous for shopping
總統府 zǒngtǒngfǔ
presidential palace
首府 shǒufǔ
capital city of an autonomous region
京都府 jīngdūfǔ
Kyōto prefecture in central Japan
冥府 míngfǔ
underworld; hell

府 in a sentence

市政府在舉辦活動。

Shìzhèngfǔ zài jǔbàn huódòng.

“The city government is holding an event.”

How common is 府?

府 is the 417th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 71.9% of all running text.

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