哺 bǔ
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Made of
- 口 mouth 甫 to begin
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
哺育
bǔyù
to nurture; to foster
Characters in this word
育 yù
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这条河流哺育了两岸文明，也见证了城市的兴衰。 Zhè tiáo héliú bǔyù le liǎng'àn wénmíng, yě jiànzhèng le chéngshì de xīngshuāi. This river nurtured the civilisations on both banks and witnessed the city's rise and decline.
- 母亲辛苦地哺育了我们三个孩子。 Mǔqīn xīnkǔ de bǔyù le wǒmen sān ge háizi. Our mother worked hard to raise the three of us children.
- 这片土地哺育了一代又一代勤劳的人。 Zhè piàn tǔdì bǔyù le yí dài yòu yí dài qínláo de rén. This land has nourished generation after generation of hardworking people.
Related words
- 哺乳 bǔrǔ to breastfeed; to suckle
- 教育 jiàoyù education
- 体育 tǐyù sports
- 体育场 tǐyùchǎng stadium
- 体育馆 tǐyùguǎn gymnasium; sports hall
- 培育 péiyù to cultivate; to grow
- 发育 fāyù to grow, to develop
- 生育 shēngyù to give birth; reproduction
- 养育 yǎngyù to raise; to bring up; to nurture
- 孕育 yùnyù to nurture; to give rise to
- 慈祥 cíxiáng kindly; benevolent
- 惯 guàn to spoil; to indulge; to be accustomed to