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Radical:
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 12
Total Strokes: 15
Simplified Form:
Variants:

Pronunciation

Pinyin: fǔ, mó
Cantonese: fu2
JapaneseKun: NADERU
JapaneseOn: BU FU
Korean: MWU
Vietnamese: vỗ

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: pat, console, comfort; pacify

CE-Dict: to comfort/to console/to stroke/to caress/an old term for province or provincial governor

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to bring comfort to
2.to nurture; to bring up

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: comfort; console; foster; nurture; stroke

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: comfort; console; foster; nurture

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《手部》撫 安也。从手無聲。一曰循也。

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】 撫
〔古文〕𨑟【唐韻】芳武切【集韻】【韻會】斐父切,𠀤音捬。【說文】安也。【增韻】慰勉也。【禮·文王世子】西方有九國焉,君王其終撫諸。【註】撫猶有也。【疏】撫爲存撫,故爲有也。【左傳·文十二年】鎭撫其社稷。 又【說文】一曰循也。【書·臯陶謨】撫于五辰。 又【廣韻】持也。 又按也。【禮·曲禮】君撫僕之手。【又】客跪撫席而辭。【疏】以手按止之也。【又】國君撫式。【註】撫,猶據也。 又拍也。【儀禮·鄕射禮】左右撫矢而乗之。 又【揚子·方言】拊撫,疾也。【郭璞註】謂急疾也。 又州名。漢豫章郡,隋置撫州。 又【集韻】蒙逋切。與摹同。【韻會】通作拊。

CF-Dict: caresser/élever/nourrir