Etymologies
Possibilities include:
- "A Barrier in the Shape of a Magical Plant"
- Zhi is a magical and powerful plant, which the island's shape resembles
- Fu a barrier of ocean
- A magical mountain name (significance unknown)
- From Qin Dynasty's Zhifu (之罘), officially changed to the present character in late Qing Dynasty.
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