GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 102

傅

傅 is read as fù.

Pinyin

fù

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 傅

Basic meaning

tutor; assist; attach

Five element

Water

Origin

Time: Shang-Zhou official-title and ancestor-name traditions; Shang-Zhou tradition, c. 1600-256 BCE

Place: Royal courts and central-plains official lineages

Origin note

Fu surname traditions include the official title fu, meaning tutor or assistant, and the famous Shang figure Fu Yue. The page presents Fu as an office/ancestor-name surname layer.

Historical figures

傅山 (Fu Shan)

1607-1684 CE · scholar and calligrapher

A Ming-Qing scholar, physician and calligrapher.

傅玄 (Fu Xuan)

217-278 CE · Western Jin writer

A Western Jin writer and political thinker.

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