seat of government

government repository (archive); official residence; mansion; presidential palace; (honorific) Your home; prefecture (from Tang to Qing times)

grand hall (广) + sound (付) = seat of government

广 depicts a structure built against a cliff — a broad, sheltered hall. 付 mainly contributes the sound fǔ; the building radical carries the meaning of an imposing official hall.

广+
To hand overPhonetic
广A broad buildingSemantic

他住在一座古老的王里。

tā zhù zài yī zuò gǔ lǎo de wáng fǔ lǐ。

He lives in an old royal mansion.

请问上有几位家人?

qǐng wèn fǔ shàng yǒu jǐ wèi jiā rén?

May I ask how many family members are in your honored home?

Words with 府

临时政府

lín shí zhèng fǔ

provisional government

镰仓幕府

lián cāng mù fǔ

Kamakura shogunate 1192-1333

开封府

kāi fēng fǔ

Kaifeng as the capital of Northern Song dynasty

阴曹地府

yīn cáo dì fǔ

netherworld

阴谋颠覆政府罪

yīn móu diān fù zhèng fǔ zuì

the crime of conspiracy to overthrow the government

颠覆政府罪

diān fù zhèng fǔ zuì

crime of incitement to overthrow the state

首府

shǒu fǔ

capital city of an autonomous region

中央人民政府驻香港特别行政区联络办公室

zhōng yāng rén mín zhèng fǔ zhù xiāng gǎng tè bié xíng zhèng qū lián luò bàn gōng shì

Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

中央政府

zhōng yāng zhèng fǔ

central government

京都府

jīng dū fǔ

Kyōto prefecture in central Japan

人民政府

rén mín zhèng fǔ

people's government

伊府面

yī fǔ miàn

see 伊麵|伊面[yi1 mian4]

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