夫妇

fūfù · HSK 4

couple

👫 夫 (husband) + 妇 (wife) = married couple

夫 fū depicts an adult man with a hairpin (historical mark of adulthood); 妇 fù combines 女 (woman) with 帚 (broom), an old graph for a married woman of the household. Together: husband + wife.

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