# 撫

| 撫 | U+64AB, &#25771; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64AB |
| ← 撪 [U+64AA] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 撬 → [U+64AC] |

## Translingual
### Han character

撫 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手人廿火 (QOTF), four-corner 5803$_1$, composition ⿰扌無)

#### Derived characters

* 𧁵

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 456, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12743
* Dae Jaweon: page 805, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1958, character 6
* Unihan data for U+64AB

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 撫
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 墲 | *m̥ʰaː, *maː, *ma |
| 橅 | *maː |
| 膴 | *hmaː, *ma, *maʔ |
| 幠 | *hmaː |
| 鄦 | *hmaʔ |
| 撫 | *m̥ʰaʔ |
| 無 | *ma |
| 瞴 | *ma, *maʔ |
| 蕪 | *ma |
| 璑 | *ma |
| 鷡 | *ma |
| 譕 | *ma |
| 憮 | *ma, *maʔ |
| 舞 | *maʔ |
| 廡 | *maʔ |
| 嫵 | *maʔ |
| 甒 | *maʔ |
| 潕 | *maʔ |
| 儛 | *maʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *m̥ʰaʔ): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 無 (OC *ma).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fǔ (fu$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fu$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ū
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hu$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hú / bú
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bhu$^2$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$vu; $^6$wu / $^3$fu; $^2$vu; $^2$bu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fǔ
*** Wade–Giles: fu$^3$
*** Yale: fǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuu
*** Palladius: фу (fu)
*** Sinological IPA : /fu²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fu$^2$
*** Yale: fú
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fu$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /fuː³⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ū
*** Sinological IPA : /u³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hu⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hu³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hú
*** Tâi-lô: hú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: huo
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu⁴¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hu⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /hu⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú
*** Tâi-lô: bú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: buo
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /bu⁵³/
* bú - vernacular - (俗);
* hú - literary.
* Middle Chinese: phjuX
Rime :
| Character | 撫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 芳武切 |
| Baxter | phjuX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰɨo$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰio$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰio$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰuə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰio$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰĭu$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pʰi̯u$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fǔ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fu$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[pʰ](r)aʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*m̥ʰaʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 撫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | fǔ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ phju$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[pʰ](r)aʔ/ |
| English | lay the hand on |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 撫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13116 |
| Phonetic component | 無 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 撫 |
| Old Chinese | /*m̥ʰaʔ/ |

### Definitions

撫
* to stroke; to caress
* (alt. form 拊) to pat; to strike; to clap
* to play; to pluck (an instrument)
* to console; to comfort
* to hold; to possess; to control
* to nurture; to take care of
* (Suzhounese, by extension) to wash
    撫面／抚面 [Suzhounese] ― to wash one's face

#### Synonyms

* (to stroke): 摸 (mō)
* (to wash):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 洗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 洗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 洗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 洗 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 洗 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 洗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 洗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 洗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 洗 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 洗 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 洗 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 洗 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 洗 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 洗 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 洗 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 洗 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 洗 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 洗 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 洗 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 洗 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 洗 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 洗 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 洗 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 洗 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 洗 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 洗 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 洗 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 洗 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 洗 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 洗 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 汏 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 汏, 淨 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) | 汏 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan) | 汏 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 汏 |
| Wu | Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang) | 汏 |
| Wu | Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) | 汏 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 汏 |
| Wu | Changshu | 汏 |
| Wu | Kunshan | 汏 |
| Wu | Jiaxing | 汏 |
| Wu | Changzhou | 洗, 揩, 汏 |
| Wu | Liyang | 洗 |
| Wu | Changzhou (Jintan) | 洗 |
| Wu | Yixing | 汏 |
| Wu | Danyang | 洗 |
| Wu | Danyang (Tongjiaqiao) | 洗 |
| Wu | Jingjiang | 洗 |
| Wu | Jiangyin | 代, 汏 rare |
| Wu | Huzhou (Shuanglin) | 汏 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 汏, 洗 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Yuhang) | 汏 |
| Wu | Zhuji (Wangjiajing) | 洗 |
| Wu | Shengzhou (Taiping) | 洗 |
| Wu | Ningbo | ⿰氵丈 |
| Wu | Yuyao | 汏 |
| Wu | Taizhou (Huangyan) | 洗, 汏 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 洗, 盪 |
| Wu | Quzhou | 洗, 汏 rare |
| Wu | Jinhua | 洗, 汏 |
| Wu | Yongkang | 洗 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 洗 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 洗 |

### Compounds

* 優撫 / 优抚 (yōufǔ)
* 內撫 / 内抚
* 剿撫兼施
* 勦撫兼施 / 剿抚兼施
* 多方招撫 / 多方招抚
* 大撫臺 / 大抚台
* 存撫 / 存抚
* 安撫 / 安抚 (ānfǔ)
* 安撫奶嘴 / 安抚奶嘴 (ānfǔ nǎizuǐ)
* 宣撫 / 宣抚
* 平撫 / 平抚 (píngfǔ)
* 愛撫 / 爱抚 (àifǔ)
* 慰撫 / 慰抚 (wèifǔ)
* 憶昔撫今 / 忆昔抚今 (yìxīfǔjīn)
* 扼喉撫背 / 扼喉抚背 (èhóufǔbèi)
* 招撫 / 招抚 (zhāofǔ)
* 撫今追昔 / 抚今追昔 (fǔjīnzhuīxī)
* 撫劍 / 抚剑 (fǔjiàn)
* 撫劍疾視 / 抚剑疾视
* 撫卹 / 抚卹 (fǔxù)
* 撫卹金 / 抚卹金
* 撫喻 / 抚喻 (fǔyù)
* 撫子 / 抚子
* 撫存 / 抚存 (fǔcún)
* 撫字 / 抚字 (fǔzì)
* 撫孤 / 抚孤 (fǔgū)
* 撫孤恤寡 / 抚孤恤寡
* 撫安 / 抚安
* 撫尸慟哭 / 抚尸恸哭
* 撫州 / 抚州 (Fǔzhōu)
* 撫平 / 抚平 (fǔpíng)
* 撫弄 / 抚弄 (fǔnòng)
* 撫心 / 抚心
* 撫心自問 / 抚心自问 (fǔxīnzìwèn)
* 撫恤 / 抚恤 (fǔxù)
* 撫恤金 / 抚恤金 (fǔxùjīn)
* 撫愛 / 抚爱 (fǔ'ài)
* 撫慰 / 抚慰 (fǔwèi)
* 撫慰金 / 抚慰金 (fǔwèijīn)
* 撫拍 / 抚拍
* 撫抱 / 抚抱 (fǔbào)
* 撫掌 / 抚掌 (fǔzhǎng)
* 撫掌大笑 / 抚掌大笑 (fǔzhǎng dàxiào)
* 撫揉 / 抚揉
* 撫摩 / 抚摩 (fǔmó)
* 撫摸 / 抚摸 (fǔmō)
* 撫摩鞠育 / 抚摩鞠育
* 撫期 / 抚期
* 撫梁易柱
* 撫棺痛哭 / 抚棺痛哭 (fǔguāntòngkū)
* 撫玩 / 抚玩
* 撫琴 / 抚琴 (fǔqín)
* 撫箏 / 抚筝
* 撫綏 / 抚绥 (fǔsuí)
* 撫育 / 抚育 (fǔyù)
* 撫背扼喉 / 抚背扼喉
* 撫膺 / 抚膺
* 撫膺大慟 / 抚膺大恸
* 撫臆誓肌 / 抚臆誓肌
* 撫臺 / 抚台 (fǔtái)
* 撫衿 / 抚衿
* 撫襟 / 抚襟
* 撫諭 / 抚谕 (fǔyù)
* 撫躬自問 / 抚躬自问 (fǔgōngzìwèn)
* 撫軍 / 抚军 (fǔjūn)
* 撫運 / 抚运
* 撫院 / 抚院
* 撫順 / 抚顺 (fǔshùn)
* 撫養 / 抚养 (fǔyǎng)
* 撫養成人 / 抚养成人 (fǔyǎngchéngrén)
* 撫養權 / 抚养权 (fǔyǎngquán)
* 撫養費 / 抚养费 (fǔyǎngfèi)
* 撫馭 / 抚驭
* 撫髀 / 抚髀 (fǔbì)
* 撫髀興嘆 / 抚髀兴叹 (fǔbìxīngtàn)
* 沐撫 / 沐抚 (Mùfǔ)
* 督撫 / 督抚 (dūfǔ)
* 綏撫 / 绥抚
* 輕撫 / 轻抚 (qīngfǔ)
* 巡撫 / 巡抚 (xúnfǔ)
* 鎮撫 / 镇抚 (zhènfǔ)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* stroke, pat

#### Readings

* Go-on: ふ (fu)
* Kan-on: ふ (fu)
* Kan’yō-on: ぶ (bu)
* Kun: なでる (naderu, 撫でる)

## Korean
### Hanja

撫 • (mu) (hangeul 무, revised mu, McCune–Reischauer mu, Yale mu)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

撫: Hán Nôm readings: vỗ, dỗ, phủ, vồ
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.