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抚

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5.

How to Use 抚

Expressing Care, Comfort, or Gentle Touch

抚 is used in compound words to convey a gentle action, whether physical (caressing) or emotional (comforting, raising).

抚养 • fǔ yǎng • foster; raise; bring up • HSK 6

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Tā他

shì试

tú图

yòng用

wēn温

hé和

de

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Pinyinfǔ

Meaningto stroke, comfort, or pacify

Strokes7

Radical扌

Traditional撫

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#2297

Zhuyinㄈㄨˇ

UnicodeU+629A

CangjieQPU

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The hand (扌) gently strokes or comforts, as if touching something with care — to soothe or caress.

fǔ抚

yǎng养

foster; raise; bring up

安抚 • ān fǔ • Pacify / Comfort • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

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ān安

fǔ抚

Pacify / Comfort

抚摸 • fǔ mō • to gently caress and stroke • HSK 6

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fǔ抚

mō摸

to gently caress and stroke

的

huà话

yǔ语

fǔ抚

suí绥

tā她

de的

qíng情

xù绪

。

He tried to soothe her emotions with gentle words.

tā她

qīng轻

qīng轻

fǔ抚

mō摸

xiǎo小

māo猫

de的

tóu头

。

She gently strokes the kitten's head.

Shí时

jiān间

néng能

fǔ抚

píng平

shāng伤

tòng痛

。

Time can soothe pain.

péng朋

yǒu友

de的

huà话

ràng让

wǒ我

gǎn感

dào到

fǔ抚

wèi慰

。

My friend's words comforted me.

fù父

mǔ母

xīn辛

kǔ苦

fǔ抚

yǎng养

wǒ我

men们

zhǎng长

dà大

。

Parents work hard to raise us.

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Characters pronounced "fu".

阜fùmound; abundant, ample, numerous
腑fǔbowels, entrails, internal organs
弗fúnot, negative
甫fǔbegin; man, father; great; a distance of ten li
釜fǔcauldron, pot, kettle
讣fùobituary; give notice of death

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Characters with radical "扌".

拚pīnrisk, disregard; go all out for
捺nàto press down heavily with the fingers
掸dǎnto dust; a duster
掇duōcollect, gather up, pick up
挞tàflog, whip; chastise
搽chásmear; rub, wipe; anoint

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