福冈 (Fú gāng) — Fukuoka (a city in Japan) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Fukuoka (a city in Japan)

Examples

福冈。
Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù Fú gāng lǚ yóu.
I want to travel to Fukuoka next year.
福冈。
Fú gāng De lā miàn hěn yǒu míng.
Fukuoka's ramen is very famous.
福冈。
Tā cóng Fú gāng bān dào dōng jīng le.
He moved from Fukuoka to Tokyo.

Origin

Characters in this word

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

畐

畐fú福fú

Same sound today

福 combines 示 and 畐, with 示 carrying the meaning and 畐 the sound.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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