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呋

fū

Character

What 呋 means

1. used in transliteration, e.g. {呋喃|fū nán}, furan or {呋喃西林|fū nán xī lín}, furacilinum
2. old variant of {趺|fū}

Words starting with 呋

• 呋喃fū nánfuran (furfuran, used in making nylon) (loanword)
• 呋喃西林fū nán xī línfuracilinum (loanword)

Characters built on 夫

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

• 肤fūskin
• 扶fúto support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something
• 芙fúused in 芙蓉
• 麸fūbran
• 趺fūinstep; tarsus
• 伕fūvariant of 夫
• 蚨fú(water-beetle); money

Characters that look like 呋

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

• 味wèitaste; smell; (fig.) (noun suffix) feel
• 艰jiāndifficult; hard; hardship
• 咕gū(onomatopoeia) for the sound of a bird, an empty stomach etc
• 怯qiètimid; cowardly; rustic
• 咏yǒngto sing
• 吆yāoto shout; to bawl; to yell (to urge on an animal)

Sounds the same

Read fū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 夫husband; man; manual worker
• 肤skin
• 敷to spread; to lay out; to apply (powder, ointment etc)
• 孵breeding; to incubate; to hatch
• 麸bran
• 砆agate; inferior gem; a kind of jade
• 衭the lapel of a garment
• 泭a raft
• 趺instep; tarsus
• 跗instep; tarsus
• 稃husk; outside shell of grain
• 玞a kind of jade