妇

婦
fù
#930 most
frequent character
woman

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

妇 once joined 女, a woman, with 帚 zhǒu, a broom, which also carried the sound. It first meant an adult woman. The broom part was cut down to 彐, and the sense narrowed to a wife or married woman.

Drawn as: woman with a broom

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Same Characters, Different Readings

妇fù
old variant of 婦|妇[fu4]

Homophones

HSK 4
富fù
rich, surname Fu
HSK 6
副fù
secondary, auxiliary, deputy
付fù
pay, commit, hand over
负fù
negative, load, loss, defeat, bear
附fù
to attach
赴fù
to go to

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