漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
哺: nurse, suckle
N1 (our estimate)10 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
口 carries the meaning · 甫 is drawn in
10 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ホho · on'yomi · in compounds
- 哺乳ほにゅうsuckling; nursing; lactation
- 哺乳類ほにゅうるいmammal; mammalian
- 反哺はんぽcaring for one's parents in return
Also read はぐくむ, ふくむ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Open your mouth wide and what do you see? A simple, sturdy square!”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
甫
Also built on for the first time (甫)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side哺 nurse · 口
vs捕 catch · 扌In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · bǔ
Same form: 哺 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 哺 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 哺 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin bǔ most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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