Zhège tú'àn xiàng chēlún de fú yīyàng xiàng wài yánshēn.
This pattern radiates outward like the spokes of a wheel.
Tips
usage
Rarely used as a standalone character today - almost always part of a compound. Most useful: 辐射 (fúshè, 'radiation'), 辐条 (fútiáo, 'spoke'), 辐辏 (fúcòu, 'converging like wheel spokes - all roads lead to one center').
memory
Radical 车 (vehicle) on the left = clue that this is something to do with wheels and carts. The phonetic 畐 'fù' on the right gives the modern reading fú.
Cart radical on the left marks 辐 as a wheel-component - spokes radiate from the hub of a cart wheel. Same radical drives 轮 (wheel), 轴 (axle), 轿 (sedan-chair). Modern 车 is the silhouette of traditional 車, viewed top-down with axle through the middle.
畐 supplies the sound directly - fú with matching tone - and pictures a full vessel, faintly evoking the radial fullness of a complete wheel. Same phonetic family: 福 (fú, blessing), 富 (fù, wealthy), 副 (fù, assistant), 幅 (fú, breadth).
