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• Fǔ 府 was a historical political division of China. See Zhou (political division).

• Fu 府 is also the designation for two prefectures of Japan, Kyoto and Osaka. See Prefectures of Japan#Types of prefectures.

• Fu can be a transcription of several Chinese family names, including 付 and 符.

• Fu 夫 means husband or man in itself, but the usage to which this article refers is actually from the well known compound term 功夫, in Wade-Giles romanization: kung fu; in pinyinPinyin (, pinyin) literally means "join together sounds" (a less literal translation being "phoneticize", "spell" or "transcription") in Chinese and usually refers to Hany pinyin (, literal meaning: " Han language pinyin"), which is a system of romanizati romanization: gongfu - meaning skilled discipline or otherwise extraordinary ability and, in English speakingThe English language is a West Germanic language, originating from England. It is the third most common "first" language (native speakers), with around 402 million people in 2002. English has lingua franca status in many parts of the world, due to the mil pop culture at least; Chinese martial artsChinese martial arts often abbreviated as CMA refers to the enormous variety of martial art styles native to China. Chinese martial arts are also often referred to as kung fu or wushu. History of Chinese martial arts Many Chinese martial arts, and several) is a suffix coined from the popular WesternWestern can refer to: A Western blot is a method in molecular biology to detect a certain protein in a sample by using antibody specific to that protein. The Western world refers to a particular group of countries. See also Occident Western culture refers usage of kung fu, and used to denote particular "mastery" of a subject, such as animeGhost in the Shell (1995) This article is about Japanese animation. For the oleo-resin, see Anime. Anime is Japanese animation, often characterized by stylized colorful graphics depicting vibrant characters in a variety of different settings and storyline fu, cookingCooking is the act of preparing food for consumption. It encompasses a vast range of methods, tools and combinations of ingredients to improve the flavour and/or digestibility of food. It generally requires the selection, measurement and combining of ingr fu, math fu, etc. Ironically, in this sense fu is closer to the original Chinese meaning of kung fu (功夫) than the popular Western usage of the word kung fu is.

The word probably first appeared in the tongue-in-cheek usage "your (whatever) fu is weak", which parodies the stock martial arts movie taunt: "Your kung fu is weak!"

The suffix has also been regularly used by cult film critic Joe Bob Briggs in his reviews, usually appending it to the names of items used in fight scenes. For example, if an action sequence featured the use of a chair, Briggs would describe it as chair-fu. The suffix has been adopted with that meaning by many devotees of b-movies.

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