Definitions
(noun)
husband; man
Etymology
Pictograph of a man. The top horizontal stroke either distinguishes it from the character 大 or depicts a hairpin, something that was only worn by adults.
About
The character "夫" is structurally composed of "一" placed over "大", a configuration that originated from a pictorial representation of a man wearing a hairpin to indicate adulthood. Its original meaning of "adult man" later specialized to mean "husband", and in classical Chinese, it functioned as a grammatical particle. While the nominal meanings of man and husband continue in modern usage, the particle usage is largely archaic.
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我丈夫是一名医生。
那位夫人非常和蔼可亲。
他的中国功夫很厉害。
这位老农夫在田里工作。
他们是一对模范夫妻。
老夫老妻的感情很深。
做事不能只凭匹夫之勇。
有如此成就，夫复何求？