Fu issued by Daijokan (Grand Council of State) was specially called Daijokanpu, but in organizations other than Daijokan such as Hassho and danjodai a command was given to officials in the lower grade in the form of fu, and even officials in the low grade used fu to give a command to their subordinate officials.
太政官が下す符を特に太政官符と呼称されるが、太政官以外の機関、すなわち八省や弾正台から下級の官司や令制国に出す命令、更により下位にある官司でも自己よりも下級の官司に対しては符の形式の命令文書が出されていた。