(): used in 吩咐 and 囑咐|嘱咐

() is a Chinese character meaning “used in 吩咐 and 囑咐|嘱咐.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (semantic) and (phonetic). It ranks #2057 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, mouth. Its radical form (mouth) appears in many related characters such as (kǒu, mouth), (jiào, to call, to be called), (yòu, (bound form) right).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. used in 吩咐 and 囑咐|嘱咐

Etymology & Origin

pictophoneticmouth

Decomposition: ⿰口付 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

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8

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
fēn futo tell
zhǔ futo urge
2
Total compounds
0
As first character
100
As last character
0
As middle character

appears in 2 compound words: 0 as the first character, 100 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

fēn
0.9016,888 co-occurrences
zhǔ
0.7442,286 co-occurrences
0.3221,914 co-occurrences
0.312264 co-occurrences
0.309270 co-occurrences
yāo
0.302942 co-occurrences
0.300150 co-occurrences
nuó
0.29642 co-occurrences
qián
0.291954 co-occurrences
0.282360 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

孩子们渴了,纷纷跑到饮水机前接水。

hái zǐ men fù kě le , fēn fēn pǎo dào yǐn shuǐ jī qián jiē shuǐ .

The children were thirsty and rushed to the water dispenser to fill their cups.

少数派Aug 2026

到达终点站后,我同巴西友人友好道别,还嘱他注意昼夜温差较大。

dào dá zhōng diǎn zhàn hòu , wǒ tóng bā xī yǒu rén yǒu hǎo dào bié , hái zhǔ fù tā zhù yì zhòu yè wēn chā jiào dà .

After arriving at the final stop, I said a friendly goodbye to my Brazilian friend and reminded him to be mindful of the significant temperature difference between day and night.

少数派May 2026

好的情绪和状态是治病良药 确诊甲亢之后,医生嘱最多的就是不要生气,千万不要生气。

hǎo de qíng xù hé zhuàng tài shì zhì bìng liáng yào què zhěn jiǎ 亢 zhī hòu , yī shēng zhǔ fù zuì duō de jiù shì bù yāo shēng qì , qiān wàn bù yāo shēng qì .

A positive attitude and state of mind are the best medicine. After being diagnosed with hyperthyroidism, the most common advice doctors give is: “Don’t get angry—under no circumstances should you get angry.”

中国新闻网·体育May 2026

教练嘱他“一定要保护好自己”,希望他“健健康康地把这种状态延续下去”。

jiào liàn zhǔ fù tā yī dìng yāo bǎo hù hǎo zì jǐ , xī wàng tā jiàn jiàn kāng kāng dì bǎ zhè zhǒng zhuàng tài yán xù xià qù .

The coach told him to “make sure to take care of himself” and hoped he would “stay healthy and keep up this form.”

少数派Apr 2026

通常会嘱降糖药不能吃,避免因为禁食叠加降糖药引起低血糖。

tōng cháng huì zhǔ fù jiàng táng yào bù néng chī , bì miǎn yīn wéi jīn shí dié jiā jiàng táng yào yǐn qǐ dī xiě táng .

Patients are usually advised not to take diabetes medication to avoid hypoglycemia caused by the combination of fasting and the medication.

Tatoeba

接下来该怎么做,我完全听从您的吩

Jiēxiàlái gāi zěnme zuò, wǒ wánquán tīngcóng nín de fēnfù.

I will follow your advice fully from here onwards.

Character Family

Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 口 (mouth) component

Homophones — Characters pronounced

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 咐 (fù) mean in Chinese?
咐 (fù) primarily means "used in 吩咐 and 囑咐|嘱咐." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2057 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 咐 have?
咐 is written with 8 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 咐?
The radical associated with 咐 is 口 (mouth). This radical appears in many characters related to mouth.
What are the components of 咐?
咐 is composed of: 口 (semantic), 付 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰口付 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 咐?
Common words with 咐 include: 吩咐 (fēn fu, "to tell"); 嘱咐 (zhǔ fu, "to urge"). There are over 2 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 咐 (fù)?
Several characters share the pronunciation fù: 府 (government office), 附 (to add), 符 (mark), 服 (clothes, serve), and 5 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 咐 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 咐 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.