俯

俛
fǔ
#2,256 most
frequent character
variant of 俯[fu3]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

俯 fǔ joins 亻, a person, with 府 fǔ, a sound part that matches exactly. The person fits the first sense, 'to bend forward,' which grew to 'to bow one's head' and 'to look down.'

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Same Characters, Different Readings

俯fǔ
to look down, to stoop

Homophones

府fǔ
seat of government
腐fǔ
decay, rotten
抚fǔ
to comfort, to console, to stroke

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