腐 (fǔ): decay, rotten
腐 (fǔ) is a Chinese character meaning “decay.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 广 (structural), 付 (phonetic) and 肉 (semantic). It ranks #1566 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 腐 meat. Its radical form 肉 (meat) appears in many related characters such as 肉 (ròu, meat), 能 (néng, can), 背 (bèi, the back of a body or object).
Definitions
- decay
- rotten
Etymology & Origin
pictophoneticmeat
Decomposition: ⿸广⿱付肉 (layout: surround-from-upper-left)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 腐
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 腐烂verb | fǔ làn | to rot |
| 腐败verb | fǔ bài | corruption |
| 腐蚀verb | fǔ shí | corrosion |
| 腐朽verb | fǔ xiǔ | rotten |
| 防腐adjective | fáng fǔ | rotproof |
| 腐化verb | fǔ huà | to rot |
| 防腐剂noun | fáng fǔ jì | preservative |
| 腐臭noun | fǔ chòu | rotten (smell) |
| 腐肉noun | fǔ ròu | rotting flesh |
| 陈腐adjective | chén fǔ | trite |
| 腐蚀性 | fǔ shí xìng | (lit. and fig.) corrosive |
| 迂腐adjective | yū fǔ | pedantic |
| 豆腐皮noun | dòu fu pí | tofu skin (made by drying the skin that forms on the surface of soymilk during cooking, and therefore not actually ma... |
| 豆腐干noun | dòu fu gān | see 豆干 |
| 贪污腐化 | tān wū fǔ huà | (idiom) corruption |
腐 appears in 73 compound words: 30 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 37 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 腐 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (8)
to fight corruption and uphold integrity; to fight corruption and build a clean government
Example Sentences
我在字典里查到了腐字的详细解释。
wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le fǔ zì de xiáng xì xiè shì .
I looked up the detailed explanation of the character "腐" in the dictionary.
洛城律师涉石油贪腐 收中国国企子公司210万美元贿赂
洛 chéng lǜ shī shè shí yóu tān fǔ shōu zhōng guó guó qǐ zǐ gōng sī 2 1 0 wàn měi yuán huì lù
Los Angeles lawyer involved in oil corruption accepted $2.1 million in bribes from a subsidiary of a Chinese state-owned enterprise
不升糖的食品有哪些?绿叶菜、鸡蛋、豆腐几乎不升糖吗
bù shēng táng de shí pǐn yǒu nǎ xiē ? lǜ xié cài , jī dàn , dòu fǔ jī hū bù shēng táng ma
What are the foods that do not raise blood sugar? Green leafy vegetables, eggs, and tofu hardly raise sugar
“超级皖”美食争霸赛总决赛收官 豆腐发源地淮南夺冠
chāo jí 皖 měi shí zhēng bà sài zǒng jué sài shōu guān dòu fǔ fā yuán dì huái nán duó guàn
The finals of the "Super Anhui" Food Championship ended with Huainan, the birthplace of tofu, winning the championship
《异能》金度勋疑吃Karina豆腐!被目击揉她手指 亲喊冤:我手痒
yì néng jīn dù xūn yí chī K a r i n a dòu fǔ ! bèi mù jī róu tā shǒu zhǐ qīn hǎn yuān : wǒ shǒu yǎng
"Superpower" Kim Do-hoon suspected of eating Karina tofu! was witnessed rubbing her fingers and shouting injustice: My hands itch
Karina被吃豆腐?韩男星澄清:我是手痒
K a r i n a bèi chī dòu fǔ ? hán nán xīng chéng qīng : wǒ shì shǒu yǎng
Karina was eaten tofu? The Korean actor clarified: I have itchy hands
政治家以揭露政府官员的腐败来推动改革。
Zhèngzhìjiā yǐ jiēlù zhèngfǔguānyuán de fǔbài lái tuīdòng gǎigé.
The politician pushed for reform by denouncing the corruption of the government officials.
不含香料、防腐剂及人造色素。
Bù hán xiāngliào, fángfǔjì jí rénzào sèsù.
No artificial colours, preservatives or flavours.
酸性会腐蚀含有金属的物质。
Suānxìng huì fǔshí hányǒu jīnshǔ de wùzhì.
Acid acts on things which contain metal.
让我们赶走腐败的政客！
Ràng wǒmen gǎnzǒu fǔbài de zhèngkè!
Let's chase out corrupt politicians!
Character Family
肉 Radical Family — Characters sharing the meat radical
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