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夫

fū
#377 most
frequent character
husband, man, manual worker

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

夫 shows an adult person 大 seen from the front, with a mark 一 added across the top to set it apart from 大. The first sense is 'adult male'. From there it grew to 'person' and then 'husband'.

Drawn as: adult person from front

夫 as a component in other characters

sound7 characters
扶肤芙趺蚨呋麸
picture1 character
伕
empty1 character
规

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Same Characters, Different Readings

夫fú
(classical) this, that, he, she, they

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Homophones

敷fū
to apply (poweder or ointment)
肤fū
skin