fú

莩

Character · Noun

membrane inside reed stalk

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

the thin membrane inside a reed or rush stalk

literary

Literary/classical term. Most commonly appears in the compound 葭莩 (jiāfú), used metaphorically to describe distant relatives (by analogy to the thin membrane connecting reeds).

jiā葭
fú莩
zhī之
qīn亲

distant relatives (lit., relatives as thin as the membrane between reeds)

fú莩
jiǎ甲

the membrane and shell (of plants)

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rú如
fú莩
zhī之
fù附

attached like the membrane (describing close adhesion)