to comfort / to console / to stroke / to caress / an old term for province or provincial governor

= + : Frieda Fox (fu) is very sad in the space station (Ø3). Diogenes (无) consoles (抚) her by stroking (抚) her back with a toy claw (扌).

撫 character breakdown

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.
not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less

= + 𠂇 + : Mnemonic symbol: the philosopher Diogenes, who has nothing and wants nothing.

= + 𠂇 + : Just inside the space station's entrance, Diogenes is annoyed by Willy Walrus, who's playing his flute. Diogenes just wants a peaceful time without being disturbed, so he cuts the flute into pieces with a pair of scissors, and threatens to beat Willy Walrus with a shovel should he annoy Diogenes again.

Mnemonic symbol: 無爲, wu2 wei2, the state of non-doing after having attained complete harmony with the Tao.

Willy Walrus (w) has attained Wu Wei (無) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2), while from the outside it may seem like he is napping.

Characters with 撫 as component

撫 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 撫

to placate / to pacify / to appease
to caress / to fondle / to look after (tenderly) / affectionate care
to console / to comfort / to soothe
compensation payment (for injury) / relief payment
to flatten / to smooth down / to unwrinkle / (fig.) to soothe (emotional wounds) / to heal (scars)
inspector-general of province in Ming and Qing times
to stroke / to caress
to fondle; to caress; to stroke
(of an organization that has a duty of care) to give financial support to relatives of sb who has died or suffered serious injury
to love tenderly / affection / loving care / to caress
Fuzhou prefecture-level city in Jiangxi
Fuzhou prefecture-level city in Jiangxi
to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty / to bring to negotiated surrender
lit. to strangle the front and press the back (idiom) / fig. to occupy all key points (military)
Funing county in Qinhuangdao 秦皇島|秦皇岛[Qin2 huang2 dao3], Hebei
to calm / to appease / to quieten
consolation money / compensation
Funing county in Qinhuangdao 秦皇島|秦皇岛[Qin2 huang2 dao3], Hebei

Sentences with 撫

撫 currently does not appear in any sentence.