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Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage Chinese
Scripts 富, 芙, 甫, etc.(Chinese)
Pronounced Pron. FOO

Meaning & History

From Chinese 富 (fù) meaning "abundant, rich, wealthy", 芙 (fú) meaning "hibiscus, lotus" or 甫 (fǔ) meaning "begin, man, father", in addition to other characters with a similar pronunciation. A famous bearer was the 8th-century Tang dynasty poet Du Fu, whose given name was 甫.