符

Mandarin · pinyin fú#

Meanings · fú

  1. mark
  2. sign
  3. talisman
  4. to seal
  5. to correspond to
  6. tally
  7. symbol
  8. written charm
  9. to coincide
Mandarin · pinyin Fú#

Meanings · Fú

  1. surname Fu
Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

符
fú · i.d. tag, tally, symbol, charm
Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

2 · fu2

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

1character link110same-tone records
Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗
Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

符 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 5 senses · 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fu4

Cantonese word readings for 符. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character

  1. (historical) tally
  2. symbol; sign
  3. charm
  4. to match; to correspond
  5. a surname

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

符 · fu2 · Fu2
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source lines 82,964, 82,963
Original dictionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source & transformation details
Exact source records符 符 [fu2] /mark/sign/talisman/to seal/to correspond to/tally/symbol/written charm/to coincide/符 符 [Fu2] /surname Fu/