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

补

補

bǔ = bu + Ø3

to repair / to patch / to mend / to make up for / to fill (a vacancy) / to supplement

补 = 卜 + 衤 : Bruno Bear (bu) broke his voodoo staff (卜) inside of the space station (Ø3) and he has nothing available than a royal ermine coat (衤). His staff means much more to him than the coat though, so he rips the royal ermine coat into stripes to fix (补) the staff with the stripes used as bandages.

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.

铺

鋪

pu̅ = pu + Ø1

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

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

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).

埔

pǔ = pu + Ø3

port / flat land next to a river or ocean

埔

bù = bu + Ø4

port / wharf / pier

莆

pú = pu + Ø2

place name

圃

pǔ = pu + Ø3

garden / orchard