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抚 - fǔ

pat, console, comfort; pacify

pat, console, comfort; pacify

How to read 抚

Click 抚 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

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Pinyin
Englishpat, console, comfort; pacify
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

抚恤 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 抚宁. Please read 抚州 one more time.

Common words with this character

to give financial support to relatives of sb who has died or suffered serious injury
see 撫寧區|抚宁区[Fu3 ning2 Qu1]
see 撫州市|抚州市[Fu3 zhou1 Shi4]
to flatten; to smooth down; to unwrinkle; to soothe ; to heal

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 抚 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 抚恤 and 抚宁 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 抚.