surname Fu / abbr. for Fujian province 福建省[Fu2 jian4 sheng3]

= + : Frieda Fox is preparing for the new year's festival. She put a big red sticker with a golden 福 character on the space station's door, and to prepare for the stress that her visiting parents bring she meditates wearing a monk's cowl and quietly popping bubble wrap. She looks at the golder character and prays for a good fortune.
good fortune / happiness / luck

= + : Frieda Fox is preparing for the new year's festival. She put a big red sticker with a golden 福 character on the space station's door, and to prepare for the stress that her visiting parents bring she meditates wearing a monk's cowl and quietly popping bubble wrap. She looks at the golder character and prays for a good fortune.

福 character breakdown

Character component without intrinsic meaning

= + + : A cult: I'll represent this with a monk's cowl in other mnemonics.
Character component without intrinsic meaning

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: bubble wrap. Frieda Fox has to harvest a field of genetically modified mandarins in the space station's kitchen. The mandarins have been modified so that they listen to the tune Frieda Fox is playing on her flute; thus, as she plays her melody, the mandarins dance and wrap themselves in bubble wrap, hop into a box and are ready to be shipped to the labs on earth.

Characters with 福 as component

福 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 福

to put on weight / to get fat (a sign of prosperity, so a compliment)
to benefit (e.g. the people)
mascot / lucky star
to live comfortably / happy and prosperous life
luck with women
to be blessed
William Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist and poet
Falstaff (Shakespearian character)
Dreyfus (name) / Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), French artillery officer of Alsatian and Jewish background, infamously imprisoned 1894 in miscarriage of justice

Sentences with 福

福 currently does not appear in any sentence.