孚
fú
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Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
孚 fú shows a hand 爫 seizing a child 子. That scene gives the first meaning, 'to take a child captive', because children were often taken from defeated enemies. No further senses are recorded.
Drawn as: hand seizing child
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