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good fortune, happiness, luck
fú Left: altar, to show 示, right: barrel of rice wine 畐 (originally the image of a barrel as an offering to the temple, thus signifying wealth and luck)
At the altar is a barrel of rice wine, which brings: good fortune.
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wealthy, rich, abundant
fù Top: roof/house 宀, below: barrel of rice wine 畐 (originally pictograph of a barrel of rice wine as an altar offering; from there: wealth, luck 福)
A house with barrels of wine is wealthy.
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width, roll, banner, extent, range
fú Left: cloth 巾, right: barrel of rice wine 畐 (originally image of a barrel as an offering to the temple, thus signifying wealth and luck 福)
This cloth is like a wine barrel: sufficient width for a banner.
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deputy, assistant, secondary, auxiliary, vice-
fù Left barrel of rice wine 畐 (originally image of a barrel to offer at the temple, therefore also wealth and luck 福), right knife 刂
He is at the barrel of wine with a knife: the deputy.
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to force (sb to do sth), press for, compel, extort
bī Left: movement 辶, right: barrel of wine 畐
(If they're not well tied-up on the boat) A movement of the wine barrels can be pressing/forcing.
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spoke of a wheel
fú Left: vehicle 车 (車= cart with axle丨 load-area 日 wheels 二), right: barrel of rice wine 畐 (here: spoke 一, wheel without spokes 口, wheel with spokes 田)
At a vehicle take a spoke add it to the rim to get the finished wheel with spokes.
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bat
fú Left: insect 虫, right: barrel of rice wine 畐
The 'insect' that likes (empty) barrels is: the bat.
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