抚 (fǔ): to comfort, to console, to stroke
抚 (fǔ) is a Chinese character meaning “to comfort.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 无 (phonetic). It ranks #1704 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 抚 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 comfort
- to console
- to stroke
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抚养 | fǔ yǎng | to foster |
| 抚摸 | fǔ mō | to gently caress and stroke |
| 安抚 | ān fǔ | to placate |
| 爱抚 | ài fǔ | to caress |
| 抚慰 | fǔ wèi | to console |
| 抚恤金 | fǔ xù jīn | compensation payment (for injury) |
| 抚平 | fǔ píng | to flatten |
| 抚养费 | fǔ yǎng fèi | child support payment (after a divorce) |
| 抚育 | fǔ yù | to nurture |
| 巡抚 | xún fǔ | inspector-general of province in Ming and Qing times |
| 抚摩 | fǔ mó | to stroke |
| 抚弄 | fǔ nòng | to fondle |
| 抚爱 | fǔ ài | to love tenderly |
| 抚恤 | fǔ xù | (of an organization that has a duty of care) to give financial support to relatives of sb who has died or suffered se... |
| 抚养成人 | fǔ yǎng chéng rén | to bring up (a child) |
抚 appears in 39 compound words: 74 as the first character, 18 as the last, and 8 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 抚 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
请抚出你的证件,配合我们的工作。
qǐng fǔ chū nǐ de zhèng jiàn , pèi gě wǒ men de gōng zuò .
Please present your identification and cooperate with our work.
2026年青年月:修复遗像 抚慰伤痛 传递感恩
2 0 2 6 nián qīng nián yuè : xiū fù yí xiàng fǔ wèi shāng tòng chuán dì gǎn ēn
Youth Month 2026: Restoring Portraits, Healing Wounds, and Expressing Gratitude
油轮开始穿越海峡!哈塞特安抚市场、特朗普强硬表态, 原油美股齐涨、美...
yóu lún kāi shǐ chuān yuè hǎi xiá ! hā sāi tè ān fǔ shì chǎng , tè lǎng pǔ qiáng yìng biǎo tài , yuán yóu měi gǔ qí zhǎng , měi . . .
Oil tankers begin crossing the strait! Hassett reassures markets, Trump takes a hard line; crude oil and U.S. stocks rise together, U.S....
不婚直接生?若要求伴侣抚养义务、保障继承权 民团:近7成民众接受
bù hūn zhí jiē shēng ? ruò yāo qiú bàn lǚ fǔ yǎng yì wù , bǎo zhàng jì chéng quán mín tuán : jìn 7 chéng mín zhòng jiē shòu
Born directly without marriage? If the obligation to support the partner and the protection of inheritance rights are required by the militia: nearly 70% of the people accept it
228事件79周年 台北101点灯盼以爱抚慰伤痛、携手前行
2 2 8 shì jiàn 7 9 zhōu nián tái běi 1 0 1 diǎn dēng pàn yǐ ài fǔ wèi shāng tòng , xié shǒu qián háng
The 79th anniversary of the 228 Incident Taipei 101 lights up the hope of soothing the pain with love and moving forward hand in hand
春雨抚地八日湿 元宵雷动云掩月 惊蛰前后飘轻丝
chūn yǔ fǔ dì bā rì shī yuán xiāo léi dòng yún yǎn yuè jīng 蛰 qián hòu piāo qīng sī
The spring rain caresses the ground for eight days of wetness, the thunder of the Lantern Festival, the clouds cover the moon, and the light silk flutters before and after the hibernation
她是怎么抚养孩子的?
Tā shì zěnme fǔyǎng háizi de?
How does she bring up her children?
虽然她在日本被抚养长大,但是她精通英语。
Suīrán tā zài Rìběn bèi fǔyǎng zhǎngdà, dànshì tā jīngtōng Yīngyǔ.
She has a good command of English though she was brought up in Japan.
她帮助他平抚了他的悲伤。
Tā bāngzhù tā píngfǔ le tā de bēishāng.
She helped him overcome his sadness.
我被我的祖母抚养长大。
Wǒ bèi wǒ de zǔmǔ fǔyǎng zhǎngdà.
I was brought up by my grandmother.
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