Hanja Analyzer
撫

撫 — mu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
어루만질 무
Romanization
mu
English
pat, console, comfort; pacify
Mandarin
fǔ
Japanese on'yomi
ブ, フ, ボ, モ
Japanese kun'yomi
な.でる
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#2,402 of 2,500
Strokes
15
Radical
手 (64, 12 residual)
Phonetic component
無(무)
Unicode
U+64AB

Parts that make up 撫

  • 扌 손 수variant of 手 다섯 손가락을 편 손손으로 하는 동작
  • 無 없을 무sound 소꼬리를 들고 춤추는 사람없다. ‘무’ 계열의 소리

How 撫 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 撫 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 手, 無.

Korean example words with 撫

  • 무롱撫弄 Korean gloss: 현악기를 탐
  • 무진撫鎭 Korean gloss: 어루만져 진정시킴
  • 애무愛撫 Korean gloss: 주로 이성을 사랑하여 어루만짐
  • 무마撫摩 Korean gloss: 분쟁이나 사건 따위를 시원스럽게 해결하지 못하고 덮어 버림
  • 선무宣撫 Korean gloss: 지방이나 점령지의 주민에게 정부 또는 본국의 본의(本意)를 권하여 민심을 안정시키는 일
  • 위무하다慰撫 Korean gloss: 위로하고 어루만져 달래다
  • 진무하다鎭撫 Korean gloss: 안정시키고 어루만져 달래다
  • 안무하다按撫 Korean gloss: 백성의 사정을 살펴서 어루만져 위로하다
  • 무휼하다撫恤 Korean gloss: 어려운 처지에 있는 사람을 불쌍히 여겨 위로하고 물질로 돕다
  • 무마책撫摩策 Korean gloss: 무마하기 위한 대책
  • 무마용撫摩用 Korean gloss: 무마하는 데 쓰임. 또는 그런 것
  • 순무사巡撫使 Korean gloss: 고려 시대에, 백성의 질고(疾苦)와 수령의 잘잘못을 살피는 일을 맡아보던 관아. 충렬왕 2년(1276)에 안무사를 고친 것이다

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 撫

  • 撫でるなでる to stroke; to caress; to brush gently
  • 愛撫あいぶ caressing; fondling; (sexual) petting
  • 慰撫いぶ pacification; soothing
  • 撫育ぶいく care; tending
  • 撫子なでしこ pink (any flower of genus Dianthus, esp. the fringed pink, Dianthus superbus); lovable, caressable girl
  • 鎮撫ちんぶ pacification; placating
  • 宣撫せんぶ pacification
  • 綏撫すいぶ lulled into peacefulness; comforted and consoled
  • 唐撫子からなでしこ China pink (species of flower, Dianthus chinensis)
  • 撫するぶする to stroke; to caress
  • 磯撫でいそなで mythical shark-like demon sea monster with barbed tail fin, said to live off the coast of Matsuura and other places in Western Japan; Beach Stroker
  • 浜撫子はまなでしこ Dianthus japonicus (species of pink)

Characters sharing the phonetic 無

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “무” in Korean.

Other hanja read “무”

Other hanja with radical 手

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