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丰富 (fēng fù) — rich; abundant; plentiful

Definition

General word for 'rich, abundant' — used widely for resources, knowledge, content, experience. 充实 adds the sense of 'fulfilling' (life, argument); 丰硕 is for concrete achievements or harvest.

adjective
richabundantplentiful

Examples

  • 丰富。
    Zhè ge dì qū de zī yuán hěn fēng fù.
    The resources in this area are abundant.
  • 丰富。
    Tā de zhī shi fēi cháng fēng fù.
    His knowledge is very rich.
  • 丰富。
    Zhè běn shū de nèi róng hěn fēng fù.
    The content of this book is rich.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

丰fēngabundant
富fùplentiful

丰 (abundant) and 富 (plentiful) together mean rich and plentiful.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 豐; 丰 is its simplified writing.

For the traditional form 豐, the drawing shows a pot full of plants above another pot. The simplified 丰 is the form you are learning.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
宀宀mián
Sound part声符shēngfú
畐
畐fú富fù
Same sound today

富 pairs 宀, a roof-shaped part, with 畐, which gives the sound fú.

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