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Date "FU" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Note: Fu \Fu\, noun. [Chin.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | -fu [common; generalized from `kung-fu'] Combining form denoting expert practice of a skill. "That's going to take some serious code-fu." First sighted in connection with the GIMP's remote-scripting facility, script-fu, in 1998. Source: Jargon File. |
Census | (Follow-up) A secondary census or survey operation, predominantly in data collection, carried out to successfully complete an initial operation. It is most often a telephone or personal visit interview to obtain missing data or clarify original responses. See also EFU (Edit Follow-up), FEFU (Failed Edit Follow-up), FFU (Field Follow-up), NRFU (Non-Response Follow-up), and TFU (Telephone Follow-up.) Extensive mail follow-up is conducted in the Agriculture and Economic censuses. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Fa-Fd - Fe - Ff - Fg - Fh - Fi - Fj - Fk - Fl - Fm - Fn - Fo - Fp - Fq - Fr - Fs - Ft - Fu-Fz
- Fubini, Guido, mathematician, eponym of Fubini's theorem in measure theory
- Fuchida, Mitsuo, commander of Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor
- Fuchs, Anke, SPD (Youth, family, and health)
- Fuchsberger, Joachim, (born 1927), actor
- Fuchs, Ernst, (born 1930), painter and graphic artist
- Fuchs, Klaus, (1911-1988), British psychicist and Soviet spy
- Fuehmann, Franz, dramatist, author
- Fuentes, Daisy, model, show host
- Fugard, Athol, (born 1932), playwright
- Fujimori, Alberto, (b. 1938) Peruvian president
- Fujiwara no Kaneie, (929-990), Japanese regent
- Fujiwara no Kanemichi, (925-977), Japanese regent
- Fujiwara no Koretada, (924-972), Japanese regent
- Fujiwara no Michikane, (961-995), Japanese regent
- Fujiwara no Michinaga, (966-1028), Japanese regent
- Fujiwara no Michitaka, (953-995), Japanese regent
- Fujiwara no Morozane, (1042-1101), Japanese regent
- Fujiwara no Mototsune, (836-891), Japanese regent
- Fujiwara no Norimichi, (997-1075), Japanese regent
- Fujiwara no Saneyori, (900-970), Japanese regent
- Fujiwara no Tadahira, (880-949), Japanese regent
- Fujiwara no Yorimichi, (990-1074), Japanese regent
- Fujiwara no Yoritada, (924-989), Japanese regent
- Fujiwara no Yoshifusa, (804-872), Japanese regent
- Fukuyama, Francis, (born 1955), US historian
- Fulbright, J. William, (1905-1995), former Senator from Arkansas
- Fulford, Robert, autodictat, journalist
- Fuller, Alfred, (1885-1973) founder Fuller Brush Company
- Fuller, Alvin T, US Governor of Massachusetts
- Fuller, Bobby, (1942-1966) rock singer and guitarist
- Fuller, Buckminster, (1895-1983), US inventor
- Fuller, Charles E, televangelist
- Fuller, Henry B, (born 1857), writer
- Fuller, J.F.C, (1876-1966), theoretician of tank warfare
- Fuller, Jesse, musician
- Fuller, John 'Mad Jack', (1757-1834), philanthropist and patron of the arts and sciences
- Fuller, Margaret, (1810-1850), journalist, feminist
- Fuller, Melville Weston, (born 1833), 8th Chief Justice of the United States
- Fuller, Roy, (born 1912), English poet/novelist
- Fuller, Samuel, US screenwriter and director
- Fullerton, Charles, astronaut
- Fullop, Catherine, actress, former wife of Fernando Carrillo
- Fulmer, Gene, boxer
- Fulton, Robert (1765-1815), US engineer
- Fulton, Robert D, US politician
- Funicello, Annette, (born 1952), actress
- Funk, Alexander Ludwig, Swiss president
- Funk, Casimir
- Funk, Isaac Kaufmann (1839-1912), US publisher, lexographer
- Funk, Walter (1890-1960), Hitler's advisor
- Funston, Frederick (1865-1917) US General
- Funt, Allen (1914-1999), US radio & tv personality
- Funtek, Anton (1862-1932), poet
- Furay, Richie (born 1944), rock musician
- Furcolo, Foster, US Governor of Massachusetts
- Furey, George, Canadian senator
- Furgler, Kurt, (born 1924), Swiss Federal Councilor
- Furlong, Edward, (born 1977), actor
- Furlong, Nicola, Canadian writer
- Furnas, Robert W, US politician
- Furness, Betty (1916-1994), actress, consumer activist
- Furphy, Joseph (1843-1912), novelist
- Furrer, Jonas (1805-1861), Swiss Federal Councilor
- Furrer, Reinhard (1940-1995), astronaut
- Furtado, Nelly, pop singer
- Furth, Harold, (died 2002), American leader in plasma physics and nuclear fusion.
- Furutani, Dale, author
- Fusco, James V, Canadian writer
- Fuseli, Henry (1741-1825), painter
- Fushimi, emperor of Japan
- Fussell, Paul (born March 22, 1924), American writer and critic
- Füssli, Johann Heinrich (1741-1825), painter
- Futre, Paulo, (football player)
- Fuzhi, Xie
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of people by name: Fu-Fz."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
FU | English | First Union | Finance |
FU | French | Fumée | Transportation |
FU | German | Futtereinheit | Food & Agriculture |
FU | Italian | Fumo | Transportation |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: FU |
| English words defined with "FU": Bruce Lee ♦ lee, Lee Yuen Kam. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "FU": blasting fuse. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "FU" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Italian (deceased, late). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I know kung fu. (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) Kung Fu! (Undercover Brother; writing credit: Eran Merav) Sure, okay, I see Charlie Chan, Fu Manchu and a hundred howlin' monkey temples, and that's just for starters, right (Big Trouble in Little China; writing credit: Gary Goldman; David Z. Weinstein) No one laughs at a master of Quack Fu! (Howard the Duck; writing credit: Steve Gerber; Willard Huyck) | |
Lyrics | Doc walk like Kane from Kung Fu round the globe (Left & Right Featuring Method Man And Redman; performing artist: D'Angelo) Might even grow me a fu man chu (It's A Great Day To Be Alive; performing artist: Travis Tritt) | |
Clever | WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may make you think you have mystical Kung Fu powers, resulting in you getting your ass kicked. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Kung Fu Master (2003) Xiangang xiao jiao fu (1974) The Invincible Kung Fu Trio (1974) Fu jian Shaolin quan (1974) Kung Fu Inferno (1974) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | At Howard University in Washington, D.C., chemist George Gassner records information as animal scientist Al Mitchell (left) and university scientist Hua Fu Song examine a cross-sectional magnetic resonance image from the abdominal area of a pig. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | A new multiplatform graphical Windows interface is being developed to support transfer of the WEPP prediction technology to field users. Computer programmer-analyst Hailiang Fu (left) and agricultural engineer Dennis Flanagan discuss the design of the watershed top view and profile side view interface screens. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
 | At sea off Honolulu, Hawaii, during the later 1920s or early 1930s. She has two Loening OL-6 on her turret catapult and one Vought UO or FU aircraft on the stern catapult. Credit: NAVY. |  | Yuan-Shi-Kai, full-length portrait, in uniform, facing left] / Fu Sheng photograph, Tientsin. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The Hardwick Victory Store is back in operation and scenes like this are again being witnessed daily. This picture shows a typical transaction of business: Raymond Duby, in buggy, buying a commode. George Slayton and Guy Larabee lend a hand loading the fu. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Kung fu prayer" by Joe Earley Commentary: "Me being weird." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Human Rights | China | In late December 2000, Shanghai-based Cai Guihua and Fu Shenping chose to go into exile after being harassed by the police. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "FU" is generally used as an unclassified items -- approximately 40.23% of the time. "FU" is used about 87 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Unclassified Items | 40.23% | 35 | 58,339 |
| Noun (proper) | 31.03% | 27 | 66,962 |
| Noun (singular) | 27.59% | 24 | 71,196 |
| Noun (common) | 1.15% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 87 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "FU" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Fu | Last name | 1,000 | 10,080 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Singapore | Fu Yu Manufacturing Limited | Taiwan | Hung Fu Construction Co Ltd |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "FU": Chih fu ♦ egg fu yung ♦ Five Finger Kung Fu ♦ Healing light kung fu ♦ kung fu. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "FU": kung-fu. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
kung fu | 2,365 | kung fu record | 54 |
fu | 363 | kung fu school | 49 |
kung fu movie | 299 | fu hai shan | 47 |
dj fu | 295 | kung fu the legend continues | 46 |
shaolin kung fu | 282 | kung fu style | 43 |
fu manchu | 169 | kung fu magazine | 42 |
kung fu chaos | 145 | kung fu master | 40 |
kung fu uniform | 140 | shaq fu | 40 |
kung fu fighting | 124 | fu kung max mod payne | 38 |
gung fu | 79 | kung fu supply | 37 |
figure fu kung stick | 76 | kung fu chess | 35 |
fu kung max payne | 75 | kung fu shoes | 35 |
wing chun kung fu | 73 | learn kung fu | 35 |
kung fu weapon | 70 | attack dj fu wax | 34 |
kung fu san soo | 69 | is 5 fu | 34 |
kung fu cinema | 68 | kung fu picture | 33 |
praying mantis kung fu | 67 | fu dog | 33 |
inside kung fu | 63 | kung fu dvd | 30 |
chaos cheat fu kung | 55 | kung fu technique | 28 |
kung fu fighting lyrics | 54 | monkey kung fu | 28 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "FU"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 功夫 (art, effort, kung fu, labor, skill). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ufay.(various references) | |
Thai | กังฟู (kung fu). (various references) | |
Turkish | kung fu (kung fu). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "FU": fub, fubbed, fubbing, fubs, fubsier, fubsiest, fubsy, fuchsia, fuchsias, fuchsin, fuchsine, fuchsines, fuchsins, fuci, fucoid, fucoidal, fucoids, fucose, fucoses, fucous, fucoxanthin, fucoxanthins, fucus, fucuses, fud, fuddle, fuddled, fuddles, fuddling, fudge, fudged, fudges, fudging, fuds, fuehrer, fuehrers, fuel, fueled, fueler, fuelers, fueling, fuelled, fueller, fuellers, fuelling, fuels, fuelwood, fuelwoods, fug, fugacious, fugacities. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "FU": snafu, tofu. (additional references) | |
Words containing "FU": affusion, affusions, aidful, aimful, aimfully, antifungal, antifungals, antifur, armful, armfuls, armsful, artful, artfully, artfulness, artfulnesses, autotransfusion, autotransfusions, awful, awfuller, awfullest, awfully, awfulness, awfulnesses, bagful, bagfuls, bagsful, baleful, balefully, balefulness, balefulnesses, baneful, banefully, barrelful, barrelfuls, barrelsful, bashful, bashfully, bashfulness, bashfulnesses, basinful, basinfuls, basketful, basketfuls, basketsful, beautiful, beautifuler, beautifulest, beautifully, beautifulness, beautifulnesses, befuddle. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words ending with "u": GNU. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "f-u" | |
+1 letter: feu, flu, fou, fub, fud, fug, fun, fur. | |
+2 letters: buff, bumf, cuff, cuif, curf, duff, faun, faux, feud, feus, flub, flue, flus, flux, foul, four, frug, fubs, fuci, fuds, fuel, fugs, fugu, fuji, full, fume, fumy, fund, funk, funs, furl, furs, fury, fuse, fuss, futz, fuze, fuzz, guff, gulf, huff, luff, muff, pfui, pouf, puff, ruff, surf, tofu, tufa, tuff, tuft, turf. | |
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