抚
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to comfort; to console; to stroke; to caress; an old term for province or provincial governor
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 手 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 撫
- Common rank
- #1,696
- Unicode
- U+629A
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
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How to remember it
comfort · Heisig RSH #612
fingers + 无 nothing
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 抚
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抚养成人 | to bring up (a child) | |
| 抚远三角洲 | Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River o… | |
| 新抚区 | Xinfu, a district of Fushun City 撫順市|抚顺市[Fu3 shun4 Shi4], Liaoning | |
| 抚州市 | Fuzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province 江西省[Jiang1 xi1 Sheng3] | |
| 抚宁区 | Funing, a district of Qinhuangdao City 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市[Qin2 huang2 dao3 Shi4], Hebei | |
| 安抚奶嘴 | (baby's) pacifier | |
| 抚远市 | Fuyuan, a county-level city in Jiamusi City 佳木斯市[Jia1 mu4 si1 Shi4], Heilongjiang | |
| 抚松县 | Fusong, a county in Baishan City 白山市[Bai2 shan1 Shi4], Jilin | |
| 抚顺县 | Fushun, a county in Fushun City 撫順市|抚顺市[Fu3 shun4 Shi4], Liaoning | |
| 抚顺市 | Fushun, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3] | |
| 抚养权 | custody (of a child etc) | |
| 抚养费 | child support payment (after a divorce) | |
| 安抚 | to placate; to pacify; to appease | |
| 平抚 | to calm; to appease; to quieten | |
| 抚平 | to flatten; to smooth down; to unwrinkle; (fig.) to soothe (emotional wounds); to heal (sc… | |
| 新抚 | see 新撫區|新抚区[Xin1 fu3 Qu1] | |
| 抚州 | see 撫州市|抚州市[Fu3 zhou1 Shi4] | |
| 爱抚 | to caress; to fondle; to look after (tenderly); affectionate care | |
| 抚爱 | to love tenderly; affection; loving care; to caress | |
| 抚宁 | see 撫寧區|抚宁区[Fu3 ning2 Qu1] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 无 — compare how they read.