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咐

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used in 吩咐[fen1 fu5] and 囑咐|嘱咐[zhu3 fu5]

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
8
Radical
口 +5
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
咐
Common rank
#4,897
Unicode
U+5490

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Formation & memory

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How 咐 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

口 meaning “mouth” + 付 sound ( fù )

Components 口 付

How to remember it

(in)-struct · Heisig RSH #2998

口 mouth + 付 pay

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 咐

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
嘱咐 zhǔ fu to urge; to exhort
吩咐 fēn fu to tell; to instruct; to command

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 付 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
付 sound part fù give, deliver, pay, hand over; entrust
府 fǔ prefect; prefecture, government
附 fù nearby; to adhere to, to attach; to rely on
符 fú amulet, charm; mark, tag; to correspond to
腐 fǔ to spoil, to rot, to decay; rotten
拊 fǔ to pat, to slap, to tap; the handle of a vessel
鲋 fù carp; Carassicus auratus
苻 fú a kind of herb; Angelica anomala
跗 fū arch, instep
驸 fù extra horse; imperial son-in-law