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匐

fú

Character

What 匐 means

1. used in {匍匐|pú fú}

Example sentences

• 不远处，母狮谢格拉匍匐着，隐匿于林间，正伺机将婴儿吞食，作为她的晚餐。
  Not far away, screened by the forest, crouched Shiegra, the lioness, intent upon devouring the infant for her evening meal.

Words containing 匐

• 匍匐pú fúto crawl; to creep; to lie prostrate
• 匍匐茎pú fú jīng(botany) stolon
• 匍匐前进pú fú qián jìnto crawl forward

Characters built on 畐

These share the phonetic component 畐 (), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 富fùrich; abundant; wealthy
• 福fúgood fortune; happiness; luck
• 副fùsecondary; auxiliary; deputy
• 幅fúwidth; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures
• 辐fúspoke of a wheel
• 蝠fú(bound form) bat

Characters that look like 匐

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 葡púused in 葡萄
• 萄táoused in 葡萄
• 割gēto cut; to cut apart
• 彭Péngsurname Peng
• 郭guōouter city wall
• 堑qiàn(bound form) moat; chasm

Sounds the same

Read fú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 服clothes; dress; garment
• 福good fortune; happiness; luck
• 符mark; sign; talisman
• 佛used in 仿佛
• 幅width; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures
• 扶to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something
• 伏to lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush)
• 浮to float; superficial; floating
• 辐spoke of a wheel
• 俘to take prisoner; prisoner of war
• 袱(bound form) a cloth used to wrap or cover
• 弗(literary) not; used in transliteration