Memory phrase for the character: 敷

敷

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Meaning

to lay out, to apply (powder, ointment), to spread, enough

Pronunciation

fū

Explanation

 Left: just now 甫 (Image of the upper body with shoulders 一 and chest 月 with spine 丨and a bit of an ointment 丶), rest: let go/release 放 (In his side 方 he was striked 攵/攴, until he released)

Mnemonic
 
To the upper body something is "released", when applying an ointment.

Radicals

甫 just, just nowImage of the upper body 甫 with shoulders 一 and chest 月 with spine 丨.
放 to release, set free
攴 rap, strikeShows originally a hand 又 with a whip 卜. It is usually simplified to 攵. Other radicals with a hand are: 又寸廾爫手扌彐右及尹君聿隶兼殳
方 direction, square




 Vocabulary

敷衍 fū yǎn  to elaborate (on a theme); to expound (the classics); perfunctory; to skimp; to botch; to do sth half-heartedly or just for show; barely enough to get by
敷设 fū shè  to lay; to spread out
敷陈 fū chén  to give an orderly account; a thorough narrative
敷陈 fū chén  

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