to feed

= + : When Bruno Bear (bu) was still a baby, Ivan Pavlov (甫) raised him up in the space station (Ø3) to later do experiments on him. In order to be able to breast feed (哺) Bruno Bear, Ivan cut a mandarin (口) into two halves and attached the two halves to his chest.
to eat / evening meal
see 餔子|哺子[bu4 zi5]

哺 character breakdown

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).
(classical) barely / just / just now

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: Ivan Pavlov, 巴甫洛夫, the scientist.

Ivan Pavlov (甫) taught Frieda Fox (fu) to jump over a big cross (十) and catch the moon on the other side (月) as soon as Pavlov waves with a petal leaf (丶) in the space station (Ø3).

Characters with 哺 as component

哺 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 哺

breastfeeding / to suckle / to nurse
to feed / to nurture / to foster
mammals / also written 哺乳動物|哺乳动物
to support one's parents in their old age / to show filial piety / to to repay / to return a favor
(literary) to feed an infant breast milk
Mammalia, the class of mammals

Sentences with 哺

哺 currently does not appear in any sentence.