Fukien
/ˈfuːˈkjɛn/noun, adjective
Fukien is a noun meaning “A (member of a) group of Han Chinese people whose traditional ancestral homes are in southern Fujian, South China, especially those that ancestrally…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-U-K-I-E-N and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 24 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of Fukien is Fukiens.
What does Fukien mean?
noun
- 1
A (member of a) group of Han Chinese people whose traditional ancestral homes are in southern Fujian, South China, especially those that ancestrally spoke the Hokkien language.
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to the province of Fujian in China, the Fujianese people, or the Hokkien language.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Fukien?
- US /ˈfuːˈkjɛn/
- /ˈfuk.jɛn/
- /ˈfuʔ.kjɛn/
Fukien has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of Fukien
- Fukiens plural
- Fu-kien
- Fu Kien
- Fu kien
- Fuh-kien
- Fuh-Kien
- Fuhkien
- Fuhkeen
- Fuhkeën
- Fookien
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Fukien?
Fukien appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does Fukien come from?
From the Postal Romanization of the Nanjing court dialect Mandarin 福建 (Fújiàn), from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ]. Doublet of Hokkien. Compare Spanish Fokien, Portuguese Foquiem.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).