哺

to feed

10 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,772 U+54FA

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 甫 (phonetic, fǔ)

components: 口甫

breastfeed · Heisig RSH #2790

口 mouth + dog tag

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 甫

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 甫 (fǔ) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
甫 sound component	fǔ	to begin; man, father; great; a distance of ten li
铺	pù	shop, store; bed, mattress
浦	pǔ	beach, shore, river bank; surname
捕	bǔ	to arrest, to catch, to seize
辅	fǔ	side road; to assist, to coach, to tutor
埔	pǔ	arena; market; plain; port
圃	pǔ	garden, orchard, plot of farmland
脯	pú	dried meat; preserved fruits
匍	pú	to crawl; to lie prostrate
逋	bū	to flee, to run away; to leave a debt unsettled
莆	pú	a kind of legendary tree
乶	fǔ	Pholha, a place in Korea
尃	fū	to announce, to state
晡	bū	late afternoon
黼	fǔ	embroidered official or sacrificial robe

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
哺乳动物	bǔ rǔ dòng wù	mammal
哺乳期	bǔ rǔ qī	breastfeeding period; lactation period; suckling period
哺母乳	bǔ mǔ rǔ	breastfeeding
哺乳类	bǔ rǔ lèi	mammals
反哺	fǎn bǔ	to support one's parents in their old age; to show filial piety; to to repay; to return a …
哺养	bǔ yǎng	feed; rear
哺乳纲	bǔ rǔ gāng	Mammalia, the class of mammals
乳哺	rǔ bǔ	(literary) to feed an infant breast milk
哺乳	bǔ rǔ	breastfeeding; to suckle; to nurse
哺育	bǔ yù	to feed; (fig.) to nurture; to foster
辍食吐哺	chuò shí tǔ bǔ	to stop eating and spit out
喂哺	wèi bǔ	to feed (a baby)
嗷嗷待哺	áo áo dài bǔ	cry piteously for food