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俘
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captive

HSK 7
Human →Relations
fú
フ
とりこ
부
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 孚 represents the sound. Originally written as 孚, which depicts a hand (爪) capturing a child (子).
Components
亻 person (side)+ 孚 brood =
俘 captive
亻 Meaning component
rén person (side)
亻 is a component form of 人.
孚 Phonetic component
fú brood
brood over eggs
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Notes
Similar Characters
亿 hundred million (simp)什 what?仁 benevolence仃 solitary仅 solely (simp)仆 to fall forward (simp)仇 animosity仍 still仔 meticulous仕 official他 he仗 battle仙 immortal仟 one thousand代 generation仫 tribe (alt)们 plural (simp)仰 look up to仲 mid-仳 part
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
俘
Regular
Modern
Chinese
俘 [fú]
to take prisoner; prisoner of war
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (11)
俘虏 [fú​lǔ] #7,493
captive
俘虏 [fú​lǔ] #7,493
captive
战俘 [zhàn​fú] #11,349
prisoner of war
战俘 [zhàn​fú] #11,349
prisoner of war
俘获 [fú​huò] #13,198
to capture (enemy property or personnel)
俘获 [fú​huò] #13,198
to capture (enemy property or personnel)
捕俘 [bǔ​fú] #64,402
to capture enemy personnel (for intelligence purposes)
伤俘 [shāng​fú] #68,842
wounded and captured
伤俘 [shāng​fú] #68,842
wounded and captured
中子俘获 [zhōng​zǐ​fú​huò]
neutron capture
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JAPANESE WORDS (4)
虜 [とりこ] #11,456
captive
俘囚 [ふしゅう] #148,080
prisoner (of war)
俘虜収容所 [ふりょしゅうようじょ] #180,087
prisoner-of-war camp
夷俘 [いふ]
Emishi allied with the central government (ritsuryō period)