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功夫

gōng fu

HSK 3.0 · 3HSK 2.0 · 5

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

gōng fu · gung1 fu1 (Jyutping)

  1. skill
  2. art
  3. kung fu
  4. labor
  5. effort

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

功

Meaning
achievement, merit, good result
Radical
力
Strokes
5
Components
⿰工力
Cangjie
MKS
Four-corner
1412.7

夫

Meaning
man, male adult, husband; those
Radical
大
Strokes
4
Components
⿻一大
Cangjie
QO
Four-corner
5003.0

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