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孵

fū

Character

What 孵 means

1. breeding
2. to incubate
3. to hatch

Example sentences

• 母鸡孵蛋，孵出小鸡。
  A chicken hatches an egg and a chick emerges.

Words starting with 孵

• 孵化fū huàbreeding; to incubate; innovation (esp. in commerce and marketing)
• 孵卵fū luǎnto hatch; to brood
• 孵育fū yùto incubate; to rear (chicks)
• 孵蛋fū dànto incubate
• 孵化器fū huà qìincubator (for eggs or startup businesses)
• 孵化场fū huà chǎngincubator; hatchery (for poultry etc)
• 孵化期fū huà qīincubation period; time for sth to develop

Characters built on 孚

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

• 乳rǔ(bound form) breast; (bound form) milk; (bound form) newborn; suckling
• 浮fúto float; superficial; floating
• 俘fúto take prisoner; prisoner of war
• 蜉fúused in 蚍蜉; used in 蜉蝣
• 莩fúmembrane lining inside a cylindrical stem; culm
• 桴fúbeam; rafter
• 稃fūhusk; outside shell of grain
• 郛fúsuburbs

Characters that look like 孵

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

• 粹cuìpure; unmixed; essence
• 酵jiàoyeast; leaven; fermentation; Taiwan pr. xiào
• 鹏PéngPeng, large fabulous bird; roc
• 鲣jiānbonito
• 鲟xúnsturgeon; Acipenser sturio
• 蝾róngsalamander

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)
• 麸bran
• 砆agate; inferior gem; a kind of jade
• 呋used in transliteration, e.g. 呋喃; old variant of 趺
• 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