妇 fù woman
Made up of [女 nǚ female; woman radical 38, 彐 jì snout radical 58]Alternative traditional form of character: 婦
Made with 6 strokes.
Simplified form of a woman with a broom meaning wife or married woman
Ancient small seal form
Related characters
Also uses 女 nǚ component: 矮 ǎi (low) 安 ān (peace) ; 姑 gū (paternal aunt) ; 好 hǎo (good) ; 婚 hūn (to marry) ; 姐 jiě (elder sister) ; 楼 lóu (multi-story building) ; 妈 mā (mother) ; 妹 mèi (younger sister) ; 奶 nǎi (milk) ; 如 rú (as) ; 始 shǐ (to begin) ; 她 tā (she) ; 妄 wàng (absurd) ; 姓 xìng (surname) ; 要 yào (want)
Also uses 彐 jì component: 当 dāng (to be) 归 guī (to return)
Sounds same
复 fù ; 父 fù (father) ; 富 fù (rich) ; 阝 fù ('left ear') ; ⻏ fù (place)Different tone
夫 fū (husband) ; 福 fú (good fortune) ; 弗 fú (not) ; 服 fú (clothes) ; 孚 fú (to trust)Proverbs
巧妇难为无米之炊 qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī You need to assemble the right materials for a job再作冯妇 zài zuò féng fù Returning to old ways and habits. Feng Fu was a renowned tiger hunter from the state of Jin in the Zhou dynasty. After a successful career he vowed never to hurt another living thing. However when he chanced upon a local hunt for a vicious tiger he could not resist temptation to go back to old ways and killed the tiger single handed.