咐

fù
#2,089 most
frequent character
used in 吩咐[fen1fu5] and 囑咐|嘱咐[zhu3fu5]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

咐 fù joins 口 mouth with 付 fù. A mouth action gives the first meaning, 'to slowly exhale'. From there it grew to 'to tell, instruct' and 'to order'. 付 fù supplies the sound.

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Homophones

HSK 4
富fù
rich, surname Fu
HSK 6
副fù
secondary, auxiliary, deputy
付fù
pay, commit, hand over
负fù
negative, load, loss, defeat, bear
附fù
to attach
赴fù
to go to

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