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fu manchu

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

Syllables
fu -manchu
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A series of books by British author Sax Rohmer about a villain that sports a Fu Manchu moustache, and other media based on them, such as comic books and movies.

name

The villain who is the title character of that series.

noun

A Fu Manchu moustache.

Etymology

The first book with the character was The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu, from 1913.

Inflected Forms

Fu-Manchu (alternative) Fu-Man-Chu (alternative) Fu Manchus (plural)

Questions

What does fu manchu mean?
A series of books by British author Sax Rohmer about a villain that sports a Fu Manchu moustache, and other media based on them, such as comic books and movies.
Where does fu manchu come from?
The first book with the character was The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu, from 1913.

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