甫

fǔ = fu + Ø3

(classical) barely / just / just now

甫 = 丶 + 十 + 月 : 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).

甫 character breakdown

甫
- 丶
- 十
  - 一
  - 丨
- 月
  - 二
    - 一
  - ⺆
    - 丿
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅

丶

zhǔ = zhu + Ø3

"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3]

This character shall be represented by a petal (丶) when appearing in other characters.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is napping in the space station's living room (Ø3) and hugging a petal (丶).

十

shí = sh + Ø2

ten / 10

十 = 一 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a holy cross. Sherlock Holmes (sh-) is investigating a very strange thing he found in the kitchen of the space station (-2): A big pyramid made of ten (十) crosses (十), which are in turn made out of flutes (一) and dinosaur bones (丨).

月

yuè = yu + e4

moon / month / monthly / CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]

月 = ⺆ + 二 : Yu the Great (yu) is modelling a moon (月) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). He uses a stapler (⺆) to staple a lot of capacitors (二) together to form a moon shape, while the real moon is sitting for him.

Characters with 甫 as component

辅

輔

fǔ = fu + Ø3

to assist / to complement / auxiliary

辅 = 甫 + 车 : Frieda Fox (fu) decides to learn how to drive and is taking a course in the space station (Ø3). She's sitting in a cabriolet (车) and her driving instructor (辅), Ivan Pavlov (甫), is sitting next to her.

捕

bǔ = bu + Ø3

to catch / to seize / to capture

捕 = 扌 + 甫 : Ivan Pavlov (甫) tries to catch (捕) Bruno Bear (bu) with a toy claw (扌) inside of the space station (Ø3) because he wants to conduct an experiment on him.

铺

鋪

pù = pu + Ø4

plank bed / place to sleep / shop / store / (old) relay station

铺 = 甫 + 钅 : Ivan Pavlov (甫) prepared a new display (铺) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He used golden harpoons (钅) to pin down Petra Penguin (pu) on a plank bed (铺).

铺

鋪

pu̅ = pu + Ø1

to spread / to display / to set up / (old) holder for door-knocker

铺

舖

pù = pu + Ø4

variant of 鋪|铺[pu4] / store

铺 = 甫 + 钅 : Ivan Pavlov (甫) prepared a new display (铺) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He used golden harpoons (钅) to pin down Petra Penguin (pu) on a plank bed (铺).

浦

pǔ = pu + Ø3

surname Pu

浦

pǔ = pu + Ø3

river bank / shore / river drainage ditch (old)

哺

bǔ = bu + Ø3

to feed

哺 = 口 + 甫 : 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.

哺

餔

bù = bu + Ø4

see 餔子|哺子[bu4 zi5]

哺

餔

bu̅ = bu + Ø1

to eat / evening meal

敷

fu̅ = fu + Ø1

to spread / to lay out / to apply (powder, ointment etc) / sufficient (to cover) / enough

敷 = 甫 + 方 + 攵 : The hull of the space station cracked. From the outside (Ø1) Ivan Pavlov (甫) spreads out a paste (敷) in a square (方) around the crack with the help of a sledgehammer (攵).

尃

fu̅ = fu + Ø1

to state to, to announce

尃 = 寸 + 甫 : Mnemonic symbol: a bulletin board.

Ivan Pavlov (甫) pinned an announcement (尃) to the bulletin board (尃) in front of the space station (Ø1). He announces to start a new course about education for foxes. Frieda Fox (fu) is quite sceptical, so Ivan tries to convince her by giving her the thumbs up (寸).

匍

pú = pu + Ø2

crawl / lie prostrate

匍 = 勹 + 甫 : Ivan Pavlov (甫) trained Petra Penguin (pu) to lie prostrate (匍) under an elephant (勹) on his command just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). He did so by lying prostrate under the elephant himself (匍).