# 府

| 府 | U+5E9C, &#24220; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E9C |
| ← 庛 [U+5E9B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 庝 → [U+5E9D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

府 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 戈人木戈 (IODI), four-corner 0024$_0$, composition ⿸广付)

#### Derived characters

* 俯 捬 腑 椨 焤 腐

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 345, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9283
* Dae Jaweon: page 654, character 15
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 877, character 15
* Unihan data for U+5E9C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 府 :
| Warring States | Warring States | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Qin slip script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 鉜 | *bu |
| 跗 | *po, *bos |
| 柎 | *po |
| 腑 | *poʔ |
| 俯 | *poʔ |
| 府 | *poʔ |
| 付 | *pos |
| 咐 | *pos |
| 怤 | *pʰo |
| 泭 | *pʰo, *bo |
| 姇 | *pʰo |
| 紨 | *pʰo |
| 拊 | *pʰoʔ |
| 弣 | *pʰoʔ |
| 符 | *bo |
| 苻 | *bo |
| 坿 | *bo, *bos |
| 腐 | *boʔ |
| 附 | *bos |
| 駙 | *bos |
| 鮒 | *bos |
| 袝 | *bos |
| 蚹 | *bos |
| 胕 | *bos |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *poʔ) : semantic 广 (“building”) + phonetic 付 (OC *pos) – a type of building.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fǔ (fu$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fu$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): fu$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): fú
    (Hailu, HRS): fu$^ˊ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): fu$^3$
* Jin (Wiktionary): fu$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): hǔ
* Eastern Min (BUC): hū
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hu$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hú
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hu$^2$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): hu$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$fu
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fu$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fǔ
*** Wade–Giles: fu$^3$
*** Yale: fǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuu
*** Palladius: фу (fu)
*** Sinological IPA : /fu²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fu$^2$
*** Yale: fú
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fu$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /fuː³⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: fu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /fu²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fú
*** Hakka Romanization System: fu$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /fu³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: fu$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /fu²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: fu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /fu³¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: fu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /fu⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hǔ
*** Sinological IPA : /xu²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hū
*** Sinological IPA : /hu³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hu⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hu³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hú
*** Tâi-lô: hú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: huo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hu⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hu⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hu⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hu$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hú
*** Sinological IPA : /hu⁵²/
** (Leizhou)
*** Leizhou Pinyin: hu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /hu³¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$fu
*** MiniDict: fu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$fu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /fu³⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: fu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɸu⁴¹/
* Middle Chinese: pjuX
Rime :
| Character | 府 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 方矩切 |
| Baxter | pjuX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pɨo$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pio$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pio$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /puə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /pio$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /pĭu$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pi̯u$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fǔ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fu$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*p(r)oʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*poʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 府 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | fǔ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pju$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*p(r)oʔ/ |
| English | repository |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 府 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3511 |
| Phonetic component | 付 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 甫 |
| Old Chinese | /*poʔ/ |

### Definitions

府
* (historical) government repository
* warehouse; storehouse; stores
* (historical) organs of state power
* (historical) official residence
* (literary, honorific) your residence
* (historical) an East Asian administrative division of various status over the centuries, usually translated as prefecture or commandery
** province of Thailand
** urban prefecture of Japan
* prefectural capital
* prefect

#### Synonyms

* (warehouse): 倉／仓 (cāng)

### Compounds

* 中央政府 (zhōngyāng zhèngfǔ)
* 二府
* 京府
* 人民政府 (rénmín zhèngfǔ)
* 仙府
* 他鄉外府 / 他乡外府
* 伊府麵 / 伊府面 (yīfǔmiàn)
* 佩文韻府 / 佩文韵府
* 保定府
* 備身府 / 备身府
* 內府 / 内府 (nèifǔ)
* 內府本 / 内府本
* 公府
* 冊府 / 册府
* 冊府元龜 / 册府元龟
* 冥府 (míngfǔ)
* 北府
* 回府 (huífǔ)
* 地府 (dìfǔ)
* 地府勾牌
* 地方政府 (dìfāng zhèngfǔ)
* 城府 (chéngfǔ)
* 城府深密
* 報府 / 报府
* 大府 (Dàfǔ)
* 大晟府 (Dàshèngfǔ)
* 天府 (tiānfǔ)
* 天府之國 / 天府之国 (tiānfǔ zhī guó)
* 學府 / 学府 (xuéfǔ)
* 守府
* 宗人府
* 官府 (guānfǔ)
* 宮府 / 宫府 (gōngfǔ)
* 將軍府 / 将军府
* 尊府
* 小山樂府 / 小山乐府
* 少府 (shàofǔ)
* 市府 (shìfǔ)
* 市政府 (shìzhèngfǔ)
* 幕府 (mùfǔ)
* 幕府時代 / 幕府时代
* 幽冥地府
* 府上 (fǔshàng)
* 府丞
* 府主
* 府尹 (fǔyǐn)
* 府佐
* 府兵
* 府君 (fǔjūn)
* 府城 (fǔchéng)
* 府場 / 府场 (Fǔchǎng)
* 府報 / 府报
* 府學 / 府学
* 府宅 (fǔzhái)
* 府尊
* 府小吏
* 府帑
* 府幹 / 府干
* 府庫 / 府库 (fǔkù)
* 府快
* 府會 / 府会
* 府河 (Fǔhé)
* 府治
* 府第 (fǔdì)
* 府綢 / 府绸 (fǔchóu)
* 府衙 (fǔyá)
* 府試 / 府试
* 府邸 (fǔdǐ)
* 庭府
* 廣府幫 / 广府帮
* 廣府戲 / 广府戏
* 影子政府 (yǐngzi zhèngfǔ)
* 德川幕府 (Déchuān Mùfǔ)
* 怨府
* 應天府 / 应天府
* 打道回府 (dǎdàohuífǔ)
* 撞府沖州 / 撞府冲州
* 撞府穿州
* 政府 (zhèngfǔ)
* 斗府
* 明府
* 有限政府
* 望府座 (Wàngfǔzuò)
* 本府 (běnfǔ)
* 柏府
* 柏臺烏府 / 柏台乌府
* 樂府 / 乐府 (yuèfǔ)
* 樂府指迷 / 乐府指迷
* 樂府詩 / 乐府诗 (yuèfǔshī)
* 樂府詩集 / 乐府诗集
* 樂府雜錄 / 乐府杂录
* 權府 / 权府
* 殖民政府
* 水府
* 江戶幕府 / 江户幕府 (Jiānghù Mùfǔ)
* 流亡政府 (liúwáng zhèngfǔ)
* 洞府
* 清曹峻府
* 潭府
* 烏府 / 乌府
* 王府 (wángfǔ)
* 王爺府 / 王爷府 (wángyefǔ)
* 盟府
* 相府 (xiàngfǔ)
* 省府 (shěngfǔ)
* 省政府 (shěngzhèngfǔ)
* 知府 (zhīfǔ)
* 祕府 / 秘府
* 紫府
* 經官動府 / 经官动府
* 縣府 / 县府 (xiànfǔ)
* 縣政府 / 县政府 (xiànzhèngfǔ)
* 總統府 / 总统府 (zǒngtǒngfǔ)
* 義府 / 义府
* 聯合政府 / 联合政府 (liánhé zhèngfǔ)
* 聯邦政府 / 联邦政府 (liánbāng zhèngfǔ)
* 胸無城府 / 胸无城府 (xiōngwúchéngfǔ)
* 臨時政府 / 临时政府
* 莫府
* 華府 / 华府 (Huáfǔ)
* 蓮府 / 莲府
* 藩府
* 衝州撞府 / 冲州撞府
* 貴府 / 贵府
* 造府
* 郡府
* 都府
* 鐮倉幕府 / 镰仓幕府
* 闔府 / 阖府
* 陰曹地府 / 阴曹地府
* 霸府
* 靈府 / 灵府
* 韻府 / 韵府 (yùnfǔ)
* 韻府群玉 / 韵府群玉
* 首府 (shǒufǔ)
* 首相府 (shǒuxiàngfǔ)
* 高等學府 / 高等学府
* 黃龍府 / 黄龙府

### References

* “府”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)
* urban prefecture

#### Readings

* Go-on: ふ (fu, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: ふ (fu, Jōyō)
* Kun: くら (kura, 府)、みやこ (miyako, 府)、つかさ (tsukasa, 府)

#### Compounds

* 府君(ふくん) (fukun)
* 府庫(ふこ) (fuko): treasury
* 府寺(ふじ) (fuji)
* 府治(ふじ) (fuji)
* 府第(ふだい) (fudai)
* 府(ふ)中(ちゅう) (Fuchū)
* 政(せい)府(ふ) (seifu): government
* 幕(ばく)府(ふ) (bakufu): shogunate

### Noun

府(ふ) • (fu)
* The prefectural governments of Osaka and Kyoto.

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 府 (MC pjuX).

### Hanja

府 (eumhun 곳집 부 (gotjip bu)) 府 (eumhun 관청 부 (gwancheong bu))
* hanja form of 부 (“warehouse”)
* hanja form of 부 (“government office”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

府: Hán Nôm readings: phủ
* (historical) a Chinese prefecture
    An Nam Đô hộ phủ ― Annam Prefecture
* (historical) the residence of a nobleman or government official
    phủ Chúa Trịnh ― the Trịnh Lord's Palace