Pinyin initial: "fu"

The Pinyin initial "fu" is used in the first half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, "fu" belongs to the group of Pinyin initials which are represented in mnemonics by animals. You can visit the Pinyin index to see all Pinyin syllables from this mnemonic group, or to see all Pinyin syllables "fu" can appear in.

Mnemonics for fu

Fu is for Frieda Fox.

Characters with fu

妇
婦
fù = fu + Ø4
woman
妇 = 女 + 彐 : Frieda Fox (fu) and Bessie Coleman (女), both being women (妇), do women's stuff in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), such as throwing fake pig noses (彐) at each other.
妇
媍
fù = fu + Ø4
old variant of 婦|妇[fu4]
妇 = 女 + 彐 : Frieda Fox (fu) and Bessie Coleman (女), both being women (妇), do women's stuff in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), such as throwing fake pig noses (彐) at each other.
负
負
fù = fu + Ø4
to bear / to carry (on one's back) / to turn one's back on / to be defeated / negative (math. etc)
负 = ⺈ + 贝 : Mnemonic symbol: an opossum (负鼠) who carries her babies on her back.

A few pals practice their cosplay on the space station's bathroom. They want to reenact the town musicians of Bremen, and so Frieda Fuchs stands at the bottom, the crab is on top of Frieda, the crane is on top of the crab, the opossum is on top of the crane, and the opossum carries her babies on her back.
附
fù = fu + Ø4
to add / to attach / to be close to / to be attached
附 = 付 + 阝 : The pope (阝) hands Frieda Fuchs (fu) a paycheck (付) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but the present comes with strings attached (附): Attached (附) to the paycheck is a contract stating that she can only cash it in if she joins the church.
附
坿
fù = fu + Ø4
variant of 附[fu4]
附 = 付 + 阝 : The pope (阝) hands Frieda Fuchs (fu) a paycheck (付) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but the present comes with strings attached (附): Attached (附) to the paycheck is a contract stating that she can only cash it in if she joins the church.
赋
賦
fù = fu + Ø4
poetic essay / taxation / to bestow on / to endow with
赋 = 武 + 贝 : The crab (贝) feels very sorry for Frieda Fox (fu) because she has no shelter to protect her, so one day he bestows (赋) her with a tank (武) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).
扶
fú = fu + Ø2
to support with the hand / to help sb up / to support oneself by holding onto something / to help
扶 = 夫 + 扌 : A new construction worker (夫) just arrived at the space station. Since he is not used to the station's movements yet, Frieda Fox (fu) supports him with her hand (扶) just inside the entrance (Ø2). The construction worker also supports himself using a toy claw (扌).
抚
撫
fǔ = fu + Ø3
to comfort / to console / to stroke / to caress / an old term for province or provincial governor
抚 = 扌 + 无 : Frieda Fox (fu) is very sad in the space station (Ø3). Diogenes (无) consoles (抚) her by stroking (抚) her back with a toy claw (扌).
服
fú = fu + Ø2
clothes / dress / garment / to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc) / to obey / to be convinced (by an argument) / to convince / to admire / to acclimatize / to take (medicine) / mourning clothes / to wear mourning clothes
服 = 𠬝 + 月 : Frieda Fox (fu) and the moon (月) are playing a little game in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). They are ordering each other what to wear and the other person has to obey (服). Frieda orders the moon to wear a neat little tutu (𠬝), and the moon orders Frieda to wear a princess' dress (服). After they've changed they can't stop laughing at each other.
服
fù = fu + Ø4
classifier for medicine: dose / Taiwan pr. [fu2]
腐
fǔ = fu + Ø3
decay / rotten
腐 = 府 + 肉 : No one cared for the White House (府) in the space station (Ø3) and now as Frieda Fox (fu) opens it she finds a lot of rotten (腐) meat (肉) inside of it.
袱
fú = fu + Ø2
bundle wrapped in cloth
袱 = 伏 + 衤 : Frieda Fox (fu) wrapped her family heirloom (包袱底儿), a royal hermine coat (衤), into a bundle wrapped in cloth (袱). To make sure her bundle will never be discovered she hides it under a camouflage net (伏) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2).
福
fú = fu + Ø2
surname Fu / abbr. for Fujian province 福建省[Fu2 jian4 sheng3]
福 = 畐 + 礻 : Frieda Fox is preparing for the new year's festival. She put a big red sticker with a golden 福 character on the space station's door, and to prepare for the stress that her visiting parents bring she meditates wearing a monk's cowl and quietly popping bubble wrap. She looks at the golder character and prays for a good fortune.
福
fú = fu + Ø2
good fortune / happiness / luck
福 = 畐 + 礻 : Frieda Fox is preparing for the new year's festival. She put a big red sticker with a golden 福 character on the space station's door, and to prepare for the stress that her visiting parents bring she meditates wearing a monk's cowl and quietly popping bubble wrap. She looks at the golder character and prays for a good fortune.
富
fù = fu + Ø4
rich / abundant / wealthy
富 = 宀 + 畐 : Frieda Fox (fu) is very rich (富), so she ordered a golden graduation cap (宀) for her graduation. When the cap arrives though she doesn't pay any attention to it: in reality she just wanted to pop the bubble wrap (畐) In the space station's bathroom (Ø4).
富
fù = fu + Ø4
surname Fu
富 = 宀 + 畐 : Frieda Fox (fu) is very rich (富), so she ordered a golden graduation cap (宀) for her graduation. When the cap arrives though she doesn't pay any attention to it: in reality she just wanted to pop the bubble wrap (畐) In the space station's bathroom (Ø4).
幅
fú = fu + Ø2
width / roll / classifier for textiles or pictures
幅 = 巾 + 畐 : Frieda Fox (fu) finally got the towel (巾) she ordered on the internet. She takes delivery of it just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). The towel is packed in bubble wrap (畐) and it is so wide (幅) that it barely fits into the room.
副
fù = fu + Ø4
secondary / auxiliary / deputy / assistant / vice- / abbr. for 副詞|副词 adverb / classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions
副 = 刂 + 畐 : Frieda Fox (fu) has to tidy up the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and therefore has to cut a lot of bubble wrap (畐) with a kitchen knife (刂). As a side effect (副) it is really relaxing to pop the bubbles.
辐
輻
fú = fu + Ø2
spoke of a wheel
辐 = 畐 + 车 : Frieda Fox (fu) ordered custom wheels for her cabriolet (车) and she is just about to receive the bubble-wrapped (畐) spokes (辐) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). Unfortunately the spokes send out a lot of radiation (辐).
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.