匐 (fú): (in 匍匐) to crawl; to creep; to…

Meanings

1 (in 匍匐) to crawl; to creep; to prostrate oneself

Characters

匐

fú

(in 匍匐) to crawl

Examples

HSK 7-9

巡逻兵趁夜色匍匐过阵地。

Xúnluóbīng chèn yèsè púfú guò zhèndì.

The patrol crawled across the position under cover of night.

HSK 7-9

他匍匐在主子脚下，不敢抬头。

Tā púfú zài zhǔzi jiǎoxià, bù gǎn táitóu.

He prostrated himself at his master's feet, daring not to lift his head.

Tips

usage

Bound; it appears only in 匍匐 ('to crawl; to grovel'). It never stands alone in modern Chinese.

Components

radical

勹 bāo

to wrap; embrace (radical)

The wrap radical, the curved bending body. It pictures the low, folded posture of crawling, matching its partner 匍 which carries the same radical.

phonetic

畐 fú

full vessel; phonetic

Sits inside the wrap and supplies the sound fú with an exact match. The same phonetic gives 福 (fortune) and 幅.

Stroke Order

匐 fú

Related Words

匍匐 púfú #22,967

to crawl / to creep / to lie prostrate

脱身 tuōshēn HSK 7-9 #5,632

to get away / to extricate oneself / to free oneself

伏 fú #5,661

to lie prostrate / to crouch / to hide in ambush / volt (unit)

献身 xiànshēn #9,214

to dedicate oneself to / to devote one's life to / to sacrifice oneself

出洋相 chūyángxiàng HSK 7-9 #24,782

to make a fool of oneself / to make a spectacle of oneself / to embarrass oneself

解脱 jiětuō HSK 7-9 #4,676

to free oneself / to find relief / liberation

自言自语 zìyán-zìyǔ HSK 6 #10,081

to talk to oneself; to mutter to oneself

锻炼 duànliàn HSK 4 #4,303

to exercise; to work out / to temper; to toughen (oneself)

振作 zhènzuò HSK 7-9 #3,965

to pull oneself together / to brace up / to summon up (courage, spirit)

闯 chuǎng HSK 5 #3,799

to rush; to charge; to break through / to temper oneself through experience; to venture out