咐 (fù): used in 吩咐 and 囑咐|嘱咐

咐 (fù) 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 口 (semantic) and 付 (phonetic). It ranks #2057 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

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

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 口 mouth8 strokesFrequency #2057口 semantic付 phonetic

Definitions

  1. used in 吩咐 and 囑咐|嘱咐

Etymology & Origin

咐

pictophoneticmouth

Decomposition: ⿰口付 (layout: left-right)

Components:口semantic付phonetic

Stroke Order

1
2
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4
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8

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

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

咐 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 咐 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

吩fēn
0.9016,888 co-occurrences
嘱zhǔ
0.7442,286 co-occurrences
他tā
0.3221,914 co-occurrences
你nǐ
0.312264 co-occurrences
把bǎ
0.309270 co-occurrences
要yāo
0.302942 co-occurrences
摩mó
0.300150 co-occurrences
挪nuó
0.29642 co-occurrences
前qián
0.291954 co-occurrences
她tā
0.282360 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

孩子们咐渴了，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.

Tatoeba

接下来该怎么做，我完全听从您的吩咐。

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

I will follow your advice fully from here onwards.

Character Family

口 Radical Family — Characters sharing the mouth radical

啊a哎āi哀āi唉āi叭bā吧ba哺bǔ嘈cáo唱chàng嘲cháo

Related Characters

口kǒu叫jiào右yòu号hào吃chī同tóng名míng后hòu吗ma吧ba

Homophones — Characters pronounced fù

符fú府fǔ附fù夫fū服fú福fú父fù付fù负fù

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: 符 (mark), 府 (government office), 附 (to add), 夫 (husband), 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.