扶 (fú): to support with the hand, to help sb up, to support oneself by holding onto something
扶 (fú) is a Chinese character meaning “to support with the hand.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 夫 (phonetic). It ranks #1601 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 扶 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to support with the hand
- to help sb up
- to support oneself by holding onto something
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扶手 | fú shǒu | handrail |
| 扶持 | fú chí | to help |
| 救死扶伤 | jiù sǐ fú shāng | to help the dying and heal the injured |
| 扶梯 | fú tī | ladder |
| 扶养 | fú yǎng | to foster |
| 扶摇直上 | fú yáo zhí shàng | to skyrocket |
| 扶桑 | fú sāng | Fusang, mythical island of ancient literature, often interpreted as Japan |
| 扶植 | fú zhí | to foster |
| 搀扶 | chān fú | to lend an arm to support sb |
| 扶助 | fú zhù | to assist |
| 扶手椅 | fú shǒu yǐ | armchair |
| 帮扶 | bāng fú | to provide assistance to |
| 扶不起的阿斗 | fú bù qǐ de ā dǒu | weak and inept person |
| 扶他林 | fú tā lín | voltaren, a trade name for diclofenac sodium, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as p... |
| 自动扶梯 | zì dòng fú tī | escalator |
扶 appears in 54 compound words: 70 as the first character, 7 as the last, and 22 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 扶 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (7)
to support the weak and restrain the strong (idiom); robbing the rich to help the poor
Example Sentences
请扶出你的证件，配合我们的工作。
qǐng fú chū nǐ de zhèng jiàn , pèi gě wǒ men de gōng zuò .
Please present your identification and cooperate with our investigation.
彰化家扶爱心灯笼义卖“神秘客”再现踪 疑低调捐款...
zhāng huà jiā fú ài xīn dēng lóng yì mài shén mì kè zài xiàn zōng yí dī diào juān kuǎn . . .
Changhua Jiafu Love Lantern Charity Sale "Mystery Guest" Reappears Suspected of Low-key Donation...
港铁九龙塘站扶手梯多人滚下跌倒 两名长者受伤
gǎng tiě jiǔ lóng táng zhàn fú shǒu tī duō rén gǔn xià diē dǎo liǎng míng cháng zhě shòu shāng
Two elderly people were injured when many people rolled down the escalator at MTR Kowloon Tong Station
...埔寨理工学院启动“创业火花2026”计划扶持初创企业
. . . 埔 zhài lǐ gōng xué yuàn qǐ dòng chuàng yè huǒ huā 2 0 2 6 jì huá fú chí chū chuàng qǐ yè
... Puzhai Institute of Technology launched the "Entrepreneurial Spark 2026" program to support start-ups
福建女孩扶起骑车摔倒老人 遭索赔人民币22万缠讼近...
fú jiàn nǚ hái fú qǐ qí chē shuāi dǎo lǎo rén zāo suǒ péi rén mín bì 2 2 wàn chán sòng jìn . . .
Fujian girl helped up and fell on a bicycle and fell on the old man, and was claimed RMB 220,000 and was sued closely...
福建老太骑车摔倒,扶人女孩被定次责索赔22万,母亲..
fú jiàn lǎo tài qí chē shuāi dǎo , fú rén nǚ hái bèi dìng cì zé suǒ péi 2 2 wàn , mǔ qīn . .
An old lady in Fujian fell while riding a bicycle, and the girl who helped her was charged 220,000 yuan, and her mother:
你看都出血了，我扶你起来吧。
Nǐ kàn dōu chūxuè le, wǒ fú nǐ qǐlai ba.
You're bleeding everywhere; I'll help you up.
不赶时间的人们站在自动扶梯的右边。
Bù gǎn shíjiān de rénmen zhàn zài zìdòng fútī de yòubian.
People who are not in a hurry stand on the right side of the escalator.
在乘坐扶梯时，请握住扶手，并站在黄线内。
Zài chéngzuò fútī shí, qǐng wòzhù fúshǒu, bìng zhàn zài huáng xiàn nèi.
When using the escalator, please hold the handrail and stand within the yellow line.
我们买了张舒适的扶手椅。
Wǒmen mǎi le zhāng shūshì de fúshǒuyǐ.
We bought a comfortable new armchair.
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