府

fǔ
#417 most
frequent character
seat of government

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

府 shows 广, a picture of a building or hut, with 付 fù marking the sound. It first meant a government storehouse for wealth and records. It then came to mean a government office, a residence or palace, and a meeting place.

Drawn as: building; hut

府 as a component in other characters

sound3 characters
腐俯腑

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Homophones

腐fǔ
decay, rotten
抚fǔ
to comfort, to console, to stroke

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