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傅

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(bound form) instructor; (literary) to instruct; to attach; to apply (makeup etc)

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HSK 3.0
Level 5
Old HSK
Level 4
Strokes
12
Radical
人 +10
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
傅
Common rank
#2,958
Unicode
U+5085

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Formation & memory

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How 傅 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

Someone 亻 who lectures 尃; 尃 also provides the pronunciation

Components 亻 尃

How to remember it

mentor · Heisig RSH #2798

人 person + gummed label

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 傅

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WordPinyinMeaning
面包师傅 miàn bāo shī fù baker
傅立叶变换 Fù lì yè biàn huàn (math.) Fourier transform
傅作义 Fù Zuò yì Fu Zuoyi (1895–1974), Chinese general and politician, Nationalist commander who negotiated…
傅里叶 Fù lǐ yè Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier (French mathematician, 1768-1830)
傅立叶 Fù lì yè Charles Fourier (French sociologist and socialist, 1772-1837)
傅科摆 Fù kē bǎi Foucault's pendulum
傅会 fù huì variant of 附會|附会[fu4 hui4]
傅说 Fù Shuō Fu Shuo (c. 14th century BC), legendary sage and principal minister of Shang ruler Wu Ding
师傅 shī fu master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[…
终傅 zhōng fù (Catholicism) extreme unction (the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick)
傅柯 Fù kē Michel Foucault (1926-1984), French philosopher (Tw)