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This is a husband or a man, in Japanese FU, otto, in Chinese fū. No one tells me what that upper, extra horizontal line is representing, but I take it for my hat rather than, say, an arrow through the head. Don’t confuse this character with

天

which means ‘sky, the heavens.’ That’s a man under the sky, whereas today’s character is just wearing a hat.

Here’s a version with droopy arms from an ancient seal:

There are plenty of words that use this kanji in combination with other kanji. Here are some Japanese words using characters that we’ve already seen:

夫人  fujin, ‘wife, married woman, Mrs.’

人夫  ninpu, ‘laborer’

水夫 suifu, ‘sailor’

田夫 denpu, ‘peasant.’