扶
to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,396 U+6276
How 扶 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 夫 (phonetic, fū)
How to remember it
lend a hand · Heisig RSH #1978
fingers + 夫 husband
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 夫
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 夫 (fū) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夫 sound component | fū | man, husband; worker; those |
| 规 | guī | rules, regulations, customs, law |
| 肤 | fū | skin; shallow, superficial |
| 芙 | fú | lotus; hibiscus |
| 麸 | fū | bran |
| 趺 | fū | to sit cross-legged; tarsus, instep |
| 呋 | fū | used in transliterations |
| 蚨 | fú | a kind of water beetle; cash, dollars, money |
Words containing 扶
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扶不起的阿斗 | fú bù qǐ de Ā dǒu | weak and inept person; hopeless case |
| 扶风县 | Fú fēng Xiàn | Fufeng, a county in Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 Shi4], Shaanxi |
| 扶余市 | Fú yú Shì | Fuyu, a county-level city in Songyuan City 松原市[Song1 yuan2 Shi4], Jilin |
| 扶手 | fú shǒu | handrail; armrest |
| 扶风 | Fú fēng | see 扶風縣|扶风县[Fu2 feng1 Xian4] |
| 扶摇直上 | fú yáo zhí shàng | to skyrocket; to get quick promotion in one's career |
| 扶南 | Fú nán | Funan, ancient state in Southeast Asia (1st - 6th century) |
| 扶清灭洋 | fú Qīng miè yáng | Support the Qing, annihilate the West! (Boxer rebellion slogan) |
| 救死扶伤 | jiù sǐ fú shāng | to help the dying and heal the injured |
| 自动扶梯 | zì dòng fú tī | escalator |
| 烂泥扶不上墙 | làn ní fú bù shàng qiáng | useless (idiom); worthless; inept |
| 扶正 | fú zhèng | to set sth upright or straight; to promote an employee from part-time to full-time (or fro… |
| 扶轮社 | Fú lún shè | Rotary Club |
| 扶他林 | fú tā lín | voltaren, a trade name for diclofenac sodium, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used … |
| 扶正压邪 | fú zhèng yā xié | to uphold good and suppress evil (idiom) |
| 扶沟县 | Fú gōu Xiàn | Fugou, a county in Zhoukou City 周口市[Zhou1 kou3 Shi4], Henan |
| 扶养 | fú yǎng | to foster; to bring up; to raise |
| 电扶梯 | diàn fú tī | escalator |
| 扶余 | Fú yú | Buyeo (c. 200 BC–494 AD), ancient kingdom in what is now northeast China; see 扶餘市|扶余市[Fu2 … |
| 牡丹虽好，全凭绿叶扶持 | mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán píng lǜ yè fú chí | Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom)… |