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抚

fǔ

HSK 6 Character Traditional 撫

What 抚 means

1. to comfort
2. to console
3. to stroke
4. to caress
5. an old term for province or provincial governor

Example sentences

• 他在抚摸那只狗。
  He was petting the dog.
• 他要抚养一大家人。
  Tā yào fǔyǎng yī dàjiā rén.
  He has a large family to support.
• 他在安抚他的母亲。
  He's consoling his mother.
• 她是怎么抚养孩子的？
  Tā shì zěnme fǔyǎng háizi de?
  How does she bring up her children?
• 我在乡下被抚养长大。
  Wǒ zài xiāngxia bèi fǔyǎng zhǎngdà.
  I was brought up in the country.
• 她是怎幺抚养孩子的？
  How does she bring up her children?

Words starting with 抚

• 抚养fǔ yǎngto foster; to bring up; to raise
• 抚摸fǔ mōto gently caress and stroke; to pet; to fondle
• 抚慰fǔ wèito console; to comfort; to soothe
• 抚摩fǔ móto stroke; to caress
• 抚平fǔ píngto flatten; to smooth down; to unwrinkle; (fig.) to soothe (emotional wounds)…
• 抚弄fǔ nòngto fondle; to caress; to stroke
• 抚育fǔ yùto nurture; to raise; to foster
• 抚养费fǔ yǎng fèichild support payment (after a divorce)
• 抚恤金fǔ xù jīncompensation payment (for injury); relief payment
• 抚恤fǔ xù(of an organization that has a duty of care) to give financial support to relatives of sb…
• 抚爱fǔ àito love tenderly; affection; loving care; to caress
• 抚抱fǔ bàocaress
• 抚琴fǔ qínto play the zither; classical variant of 弹琴
• 抚宁区Fǔ níng QūFuning, a district of Qinhuangdao City 秦皇岛市
• 抚州市Fǔ zhōu ShìFuzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province 江西省
• 抚慰金fǔ wèi jīnpension or lump-sum payment for the injured or for the family of the deceased
• 抚松县Fǔ sōng XiànFusong, a county in Baishan City 白山市
• 抚远市Fǔ yuǎn ShìFuyuan, a county-level city in Jiamusi City 佳木斯市
• 抚顺市Fǔ shùn ShìFushun, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 辽宁省
• 抚顺县Fǔ shùn XiànFushun, a county in Fushun City 抚顺市
• 抚养权fǔ yǎng quáncustody (of a child etc)
• 抚养成人fǔ yǎng chéng rénto bring up (a child)
• 抚绥fǔ suíto appease; to pacify
• 抚远三角洲Fǔ yuǎn sān jiǎo zhōuBolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River…

Words containing 抚

• 安抚ān fǔto placate; to pacify; to appease
• 爱抚ài fǔto caress; to fondle; to look after (tenderly)
• 巡抚xún fǔinspector-general of province in Ming and Qing times
• 轻抚qīng fǔto stroke lightly; to caress
• 平抚píng fǔto calm; to appease; to quieten
• 招抚zhāo fǔto enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty; to bring to negotiated surrender
• 督抚dū fǔgovernor general 总督
• 新抚区Xīn fǔ QūXinfu, a district of Fushun City 抚顺市
• 安抚奶嘴ān fǔ nǎi zuǐ(baby's) pacifier
• 扼喉抚背è hóu fǔ bèilit. to strangle the front and press the back (idiom)…
• 新抚Xīn fǔsee 新抚区

Characters built on 无

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

• 芜wúovergrown with weeds
• 妩wǔused in 妩媚
• 呒fǔperplexed; astonished
• 庑wǔsmall rooms facing or to the side of the main hall or veranda
• 怃wǔ(literary) to have tender affection for; (literary) discouraged; disappointed…

Characters that look like 抚

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

• 托tuōto hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm…
• 板bǎnboard; plank; plate
• 扳bānto pull; to turn (sth) around; to turn around (a situation)
• 扼èto grip forcefully; to clutch at; to guard
• 拢lǒngto gather together; to collect; to approach; to draw near to; to add; to sum up
• 轭èyoke

Sounds the same

Read fǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 府seat of government; government repository (archive); official residence
• 腐decay; rotten
• 辅to assist; to complement; auxiliary
• 俯to look down; to stoop
• 甫(classical) barely; just; just now
• 斧hatchet
• 釜kettle; cauldron
• 腑internal organs
• 脯dried meat; preserved fruit
• 呒perplexed; astonished
• 拊pat
• 滏name of a river in Hebei