抚
comfort; protect; stroke
Meanings
4 senses · 16 examplesverb
to comfort; to console; to express sympathy
formalUsed to express care for people in need or distress.
The government sent people to console the disaster survivors.
Senior leaders personally came to offer pensions and comfort to the families of the victims.
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She gently comforted the injured child.
Post-disaster condolences are meant to comfort the people.
He wrote letters to comfort his elderly parents living far away at home.
verb
to raise; to nurture; to care for
formalUsed for caring for children, the vulnerable, or supporting a cause.
The couple adopted an orphan and raised them to adulthood.
The country attaches great importance to the social security system for childcare and elderly care.
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He supported out-of-school children in mountainous areas to return to school.
This teacher has been supporting the child from this poor family for a long time.
The kindness of a caregiver is higher than mountains and deeper than the sea.
verb
to stroke; to pat gently
neutralUsed for gentle physical contact to show care or comfort.
Mom gently stroked my hair.
He stroked the kitten's back to calm its nerves.
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The old man stroked the old photo and recalled the past.
She gently stroked her injured knee to relieve the pain.
The spring breeze stroked the earth, waking everything up for revival.
verb
same as 拊 fǔ
archaicAn archaic variant usage, now rarely used independently.
In classical Chinese, 抚 is often used as a phonetic loan character for 拊.