撫
caress, comfort
撫 is composed of the radical 手 (hand) and 無 (none). 無 depicts a shaman dancing gracefully. The shaman uses dance to pray to Heaven for blessings, thereby calming people’s hearts. Therefore, 撫 conveys the idea of pressing flat with the hand, and means to stroke gently; it also extends to the meaning of consoling or comforting.
Vocabulary of 撫
- 撫養 (foster)
- 撫平 (calm someone down)
- 安撫 (placate)
Classification
Related Characters:
3才
ability4手hand5扑tap5打
hit5扔throw6扛
carry on shoulder6扦poke6扞
defend6托support7扶support7抗
resist7技
skill7扭twist7批
criticize7抒relieve7折bend7抄seize7扳
climb7投throw7抓grab7抑restrain7扼grip8拑
clamp8拓
develop8抱hug8抵resist8承carry8拄
support8抽
draw out8披shawl8拔pull8拇thumb8拒
resist8拂brush8拍slap8押
detain8拗
break8抬lift8抨
impeach8招beckon8拖
drag9拾
bright9持grasp9拮pressed9指
finger9按press9拴tie9拯aid9拏hold9拷examine under torture9括include9拱arch9挺
straighten10挾
hold between10捕catch10捆bunch10振shake10捍
defend10挽pull10拳
fist10捂oppose11授grant11接receive11掏draw out11掃sweep11掛
hang11捱
suffer11掇pick11掠
rob11掖help11控
control11探explore11採pick11捲
roll11掂estimate12握grasp12插insert12揮sway12援pull12揚raise12揉rub12掔grab12搜search12掰break12換
change12揜cover12提lift13搞
make13摃
carry on shoulder13掌
palm13損decrease13搶create13搭connect13捨
give up13摸touch13搬move14摘pick14摹imitate15撻flog15撥push15撮
pick by fingers15播
sow15撞strike15撬pry15撫caress15撓
thwart16擋
resist16操control16據depend16擇select16擂beat16擒capture16撿pick up16擅usurp16擭trap17擦wipe17鴿pigeon17擊hit17擎raise18擾disturb18擺
arrange20攖disturb