弗

fú = fu + Ø2

not (literary) / used in transliteration

弗 = 刂 + 弓 : Mnemonic symbol: a woven basket, because the interweaving strokes of 弗 remind me of a woven pattern.

弗 = 刂 + 弓 : Just inside the space station's entrance Frieda Fox wants to shoot kitchen knifes at a woven basket with a composite bow, but since the knifes are too short, she's not really able to.

弗

fú = fu + Ø2

(literary) not / used in transliteration

弗 character breakdown

弗
- 刂
  - 丨
  - 亅
- 弓

刂

da̅o = d + ao1

Kangxi radical 18 (刀[dao1]) as a vertical side element / see also 立刀旁[li4 dao1 pang2] / see also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[ce4 dao1 pang2]

刂 = 丨 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a kitchen knife. Don Quixote (d) is showing off his special knifes in front of the aorta (ao1). One is made from a dinosaur bone (丨), and the other is made from a crowbar (亅).

弓

go̅ng = gu + (e)ng1

a bow (weapon) / CL:張|张[zhang1] / to bend / to arch (one's back etc)

Mnemonic symbol: this character just looks like a composite bow.

Gitta Giraffe (gu) is shooting arrows with a composite bow (弓) in front of the engine ((e)ng1).

Characters with 弗 as component

费

費

fèi = f + ei4

to cost / to spend / fee / wasteful / expenses

费 = 弗 + 贝 : Frankenstein's monster finds that here is a crab in a woven basket for sale in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom. He feels sorry for the crab, spends a lot of money to purchase it and releases it into freedom.

费

費

fèi = f + ei4

surname Fei

佛

彿

fú = fu + Ø2

seemingly

佛

fó = f + o2

Buddha / Buddhism / abbr. for 佛陀[Fo2 tuo2]

佛 = 亻 + 弗 : Buddha invited Frankenstein's Monster and Rosa Luxemburg to see his three baskets in the observatory. There he tells them that these are actually magic baskets which are able to fly, so together they start a magical adventure flying through observatory's gate.

佛

髴

fú = fu + Ø2

(female) head ornament / variant of 彿|佛[fu2]

佛

fó = f + o2

Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀[Fo2 tuo2])

沸

fèi = f + ei4

to boil

沸 = 弗 + 氵 : Frankenstein's Monster (f) wants to boil (沸) a bottle of water (氵) in a woven basket (弗) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4), but the water keeps flowing out of the woven basket and so Frankenstein's Monster is boiling with anger (沸).

氟

fú = fu + Ø2

fluorine (chemistry)

拂

fú = fu + Ø2

to flick / to brush off / (of a breeze) to brush lightly over / (literary) to run counter to

拂

bì = bi + Ø4

old variant of 弼[bi4]

狒

fèi = f + ei4

hamadryad baboon