腐
decay; rotten
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Dict coverage rank #1,102 U+8150
How 腐 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
肉 (semantic, “meat”) + 付 (phonetic, fù)
How to remember it
rotten · Heisig RSH #845
府 government office + 肉 meat
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 付
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 付 (fù) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 付 sound component | fù | give, deliver, pay, hand over; entrust |
| 府 | fǔ | prefect; prefecture, government |
| 附 | fù | nearby; to adhere to, to attach; to rely on |
| 符 | fú | amulet, charm; mark, tag; to correspond to |
| 咐 | fù | to instruct; to order |
| 拊 | fǔ | to pat, to slap, to tap; the handle of a vessel |
| 鲋 | fù | carp; Carassicus auratus |
| 苻 | fú | a kind of herb; Angelica anomala |
| 跗 | fū | arch, instep |
| 驸 | fù | extra horse; imperial son-in-law |
Words containing 腐
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 流水不腐 | liú shuǐ bù fǔ | flowing water does not rot |
| 刀子嘴，豆腐心 | dāo zi zuǐ , dòu fu xīn | (proverb) to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart |
| 马尾穿豆腐，提不起来 | mǎ wěi chuān dòu fu , tí bu qǐ lai | lit. like tofu strung on horsetail, you can't lift it; fig. let's not talk of this (pun on… |
| 食腐动物 | shí fǔ dòng wù | scavenger |
| 心急吃不了热豆腐 | xīn jí chī bu liǎo rè dòu fu | hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom); one just has to be patient; haste will ruin e… |
| 鱼生火，肉生痰，青菜豆腐保平安 | yú shēng huǒ , ròu shēng tán , qīng cài dòu fu bǎo píng ān | fish brings heat, meat brings phlegm, vegetables and tofu keep you healthy |
| 雷公打豆腐 | Léi Gōng dǎ dòu fu | the God of Thunder strikes bean curd; fig. to bully the weakest person; to pick on an easy… |
| 腐生兰 | fǔ shēng lán | Cymbidium macrorrhizum Lindl. |
| 日本豆腐 | Rì běn dòu fu | egg tofu (a Japanese egg-based delicacy with a smooth, silken texture similar to tofu) |
| 家常豆腐 | jiā cháng dòu fu | home-style tofu |
| 豆腐花 | dòu fu huā | jellied tofu; soft bean curd |
| 腐国 | Fǔ guó | UK (slang term reflecting a perception of UK as decadent for its attitudes toward homosexu… |
| 腐化 | fǔ huà | to rot; to decay; to become corrupt |
| 豆腐皮 | dòu fu pí | tofu skin (made by drying the skin that forms on the surface of soymilk during cooking, an… |
| 血豆腐 | xuè dòu fu | blood tofu (coagulated animal blood) |
| 油豆腐 | yóu dòu fu | fried tofu (cubes) |
| 豆腐干 | dòu fu gān | see 豆干[dou4 gan1] |
| 切齿腐心 | qiè chǐ fǔ xīn | to detest sth or sb to the utmost extreme (idiom) |
| 反腐 | fǎn fǔ | anti-corruption |
| 吃豆腐 | chī dòu fu | to take liberties with (a woman); to tease with sexual innuendo; to sexually harass; to ta… |