造福
zào fú · HSK 7
to benefit (e.g. the people)
🍀 造 create + 福 fortune = create good fortune for people = to benefit
造 means to make or create (as in 制造 manufacture); 福 is fortune or blessing (the character on red New Year banners). Together: create blessings for others, i.e. to benefit the people.
造 — 辶 (walk) + 告 (tell/announce)
造 combines the walking radical 辶 with 告 (announce), which also gives the sound. Originally it meant 'to go and report to,' then 'to reach' or 'arrive at.' Over time the meaning shifted to 'to make' or 'to build,' the sense most common today.
福 — 示 (altar/spirit) + 畐 (full vessel)
福 originally depicted hands offering a full wine jar (畐) at an altar (示) to the spirits, asking for blessings. The 示 radical signals religious or ritual meaning, while 畐 suggests both the sound and the idea of fullness or abundance. Over time it came to mean 'good fortune' or 'blessing.'