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蝠 is the simplest way to write bat in Chinese and old Korean Hanja.
This also means bat in Japanese but is almost never written alone like this (it's often part of other titles for vampire bats or fruit bats).
In Chinese culture, the bat is a good luck charm, as the pronunciation is very similar to the word for “good luck” or “good fortune.” The character for bat (蝠) even looks like the good luck (福) character.
福 is pronounced “fu” in Chinese.
The character “fu” is posted by virtually all Chinese people on the doors of their homes during the Spring Festival (closely associated with the Chinese New Year).
One tradition from the Zhou Dynasty (beginning in 256 B.C.) holds that putting a fu symbol on your front door will keep the goddess of poverty away.
福 literally means good fortune, prosperity, blessed, blessedness, happiness, and fulfillment.
You'll also see this character in Vietnam (where Chinese characters were the written form until a romanization reform) where it is pronounced Phúc - a word commonly used in Vietnamese names because of its good meaning.
See Also: Lucky
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your fu2 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
佛 see styles |
fú fu2 fu hotoke ほとけ |
More info & calligraphy: Buddhism / Buddha(surname) Hotoke Buddha, from budh to "be aware of", "conceive", "observe", "wake"; also 佛陀; 浮圖; 浮陀; 浮頭; 浮塔; 勃陀; 勃馱; 沒馱; 母馱; 母陀; 部陀; 休屠. Buddha means "completely conscious, enlightened", and came to mean the enlightener. he Chinese translation is 覺 to perceive, aware, awake; and 智 gnosis, knowledge. There is an Eternal Buddha, see e.g. the Lotus Sutra, cap. 16, and multitudes of Buddhas, but the personality of a Supreme Buddha, an Ādi-Buddha, is not defined. Buddha is in and through all things, and some schools are definitely Pan-Buddhist in the pantheistic sense. In the triratna 三寳 commonly known as 三寳佛, while Śākyamuni Buddha is the first "person" of the Trinity, his Law the second, and the Order the third, all three by some are accounted as manifestations of the All-Buddha. As Śākyamuni, the title indicates him as the last of the line of Buddhas who have appeared in this world, Maitreya is to be the next. As such he is the one who has achieved enlightenment, having discovered the essential evil of existence (some say mundane existence, others all existence), and the way of deliverance from the constant round of reincarnations; this way is through the moral life into nirvana, by means of self-abnegation, the monastic life, and meditation. By this method a Buddha, or enlightened one, himself obtains Supreme Enlightenment, or Omniscience, and according to Māhāyanism leads all beings into the same enlightenment. He sees things not as they seem in their phenomenal but in their noumenal aspects, as they really are. The term is also applied to those who understand the chain of causality (twelve nidānas) and have attained enlightenment surpassing that of the arhat. Four types of the Buddha are referred to: (1) 三藏佛the Buddha of the Tripiṭaka who attained enlightenment on the bare ground under the bodhi-tree; (2) 通佛the Buddha on the deva robe under the bodhi-tree of the seven precious things; (3) 別佛the Buddha on the great precious Lotus throne under the Lotus realm bodhi-tree; and (4) 圓佛the Buddha on the throne of Space in the realm of eternal rest and glory where he is Vairocana. The Hīnayāna only admits the existence of one Buddha at a time; Mahāyāna claims the existence of many Buddhas at one and the same time, as many Buddhas as there are Buddha-universes, which are infinite in number. |
福 see styles |
fú fu2 fu fukutsuru ふくつる |
More info & calligraphy: Good Luck / Good Fortunegood fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck; (surname) Fukutsuru Blessing, happiness, felicity, good fortune. |
蝠 see styles |
fú fu2 fu |
More info & calligraphy: Bat |
享福 see styles |
xiǎng fú xiang3 fu2 hsiang fu |
More info & calligraphy: Prosperous Life |
克服 see styles |
kè fú ke4 fu2 k`o fu ko fu kokufuku こくふく |
More info & calligraphy: Overcome(noun, transitive verb) conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control |
冥福 see styles |
míng fú ming2 fu2 ming fu meifuku めいふく |
More info & calligraphy: Happiness in the Afterlifehappiness in the next world The happiness of the dead. |
幸福 see styles |
xìng fú xing4 fu2 hsing fu shiawase しあわせ |
More info & calligraphy: Happiness(noun or adjectival noun) happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness; (surname, female given name) Shiawase |
征服 see styles |
zhēng fú zheng1 fu2 cheng fu seifuku / sefuku せいふく |
More info & calligraphy: Conquer / Conquest(noun, transitive verb) (1) conquest; subjugation; (noun, transitive verb) (2) overcoming (a difficulty); conquering (e.g. a mountain); mastery (of a skill) to strike |
祝福 see styles |
zhù fú zhu4 fu2 chu fu shukufuku しゅくふく |
More info & calligraphy: Blessings and Good Wishes(noun, transitive verb) (1) celebration (of a joyous occasion); blessing; giving one's blessing; wishing (someone) good luck; (noun, transitive verb) (2) {Christn} blessing (from God) |
福德 see styles |
fú dé fu2 de2 fu te fukutoku |
More info & calligraphy: Fude |
福星 see styles |
fú xīng fu2 xing1 fu hsing fukusei / fukuse ふくせい |
More info & calligraphy: Lucky Star(given name) Fukusei |
福特 see styles |
fú tè fu2 te4 fu t`e fu te |
More info & calligraphy: Ford |
福音 see styles |
fú yīn fu2 yin1 fu yin fukune ふくね |
More info & calligraphy: Word of God / The Gospel(1) good news; glad tidings; (2) {Christn} gospel (teachings or revelations of Christ); (female given name) Fukune |
降福 see styles |
jiàng fú jiang4 fu2 chiang fu |
More info & calligraphy: Heaven Blessing |
埃弗頓 埃弗顿 see styles |
āi fú dùn ai1 fu2 dun4 ai fu tun |
More info & calligraphy: Everton |
弗格森 see styles |
fú gé sēn fu2 ge2 sen1 fu ko sen |
More info & calligraphy: Ferguson |
弗蘭克 弗兰克 see styles |
fú lán kè fu2 lan2 ke4 fu lan k`o fu lan ko |
More info & calligraphy: Franky |
弗里曼 see styles |
fú lǐ màn fu2 li3 man4 fu li man |
More info & calligraphy: Freeman |
斯坦福 see styles |
sī tǎn fú si1 tan3 fu2 ssu t`an fu ssu tan fu |
More info & calligraphy: Stanford |
盧瑟福 卢瑟福 see styles |
lú sè fú lu2 se4 fu2 lu se fu |
More info & calligraphy: Rutherford |
福克斯 see styles |
fú kè sī fu2 ke4 si1 fu k`o ssu fu ko ssu |
More info & calligraphy: Foxx |
福克納 福克纳 see styles |
fú kè nà fu2 ke4 na4 fu k`o na fu ko na |
More info & calligraphy: Faulkner |
福斯特 see styles |
fú sī tè fu2 si1 te4 fu ssu t`e fu ssu te |
More info & calligraphy: Foust |
羅斯福 罗斯福 see styles |
luó sī fú luo2 si1 fu2 lo ssu fu |
More info & calligraphy: Roosevelt |
蝙蝠俠 蝙蝠侠 see styles |
biān fú xiá bian1 fu2 xia2 pien fu hsia |
More info & calligraphy: Batman |
伏 see styles |
fú fu2 fu fuse ふせ |
to lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush); to conceal oneself; to lie low; hottest days of summer; to submit; to concede defeat; to overcome; to subdue; volt (surname) Fuse Prostrate; humble; suffer, bear; ambush; dog-days; hatch; it is used for control, under control, e. g. as delusion; 斷 is contrasted with it as complete extirpation, so that no delusive thought arises. |
俘 see styles |
fú fu2 fu toriko とりこ |
to take prisoner; prisoner of war (1) captive; prisoner; (2) victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.) |
刜 see styles |
fú fu2 fu |
to chop; strike |
匐 see styles |
fú fu2 fu |
used in 匍匐[pu2 fu2] |
咈 see styles |
fú fu2 fu |
oppose |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Bat | 蝠 | fú / fu2 / fu | ||
Good Luck Good Fortune | 福 | fuku | fú / fu2 / fu |
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There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
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The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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