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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
fú | fu2
English translation
to shake off, to brush away; dust

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Time word / 时间词 Shíjiān cí

Learning hint

hand

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌弗

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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de 手指 shǒuzhǐ qīng zhāo 吉他 jí tā de xián .

His fingers swept the strings of the guitar.

de 头发 tóufa qīng zhāo 红红 de 脸颊 liǎn jiá .

Her hair brushed against her rosy cheeks.

fēng qīng 树梢 shù shāo .

A soft wind kissed the tree tops.

这儿 zhè r 有批 shǎng 年纪 niánjì de 摩尔 Mó ěr rén , Bái 飘拂 piāo fú , shēn 穿 chuān Bái 长袍 cháng páo ,头顶 tóu dǐng 大风 dà fēng dōu .

Here are aged Moors with flowing white beards, and long white robes with vast cowls.

路灯 lù dēng zài 黄昏 huánghūn shí kāi ,拂晓 fú xiǎo shí Guān .

The street lights come on at dusk and go off at dawn.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to assist
拂晓 fú xiǎo daybreak拂曉
吹拂 chuī fú to brush吹拂 chuī fú
拂袖而去 fú xiù ér qù to storm off in a huff (idiom)拂袖而去 fú xiù ér qù
拂尘 fú chén duster拂塵
飘拂 piāo fú to drift lightly飄拂
拂动 fú dòng to ruffle拂動

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