敷 — Chinese character
敷
fū
to apply, to paint, to spread
- Pinyin
- fū
- Radical
- 66 ⽁ (Rap)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 旉 攵
- Formation
- pictophonetic — tap; meaning component 攵; sound component 旉
- Japanese
- 敷 as a kanji
Common words with 敷
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 敷衍 | fū yǎn | to elaborate (on a theme); to expound (the classics) |
| 入不敷出 | rù bù fū chū | income does not cover expenditure; unable to make ends meet |
| 敷设 (敷設) | fū shè | to lay; to spread out |
| 热敷 (熱敷) | rè fū | to apply a hot compress |
| 外敷 | wài fū | to apply externally |
| 敷衍了事 | fū yǎn liǎo shì | (idiom) to do things half-heartedly; to merely go through the motions |
| 敷料 | fū liào | medical dressing |
| 冷敷 | lěng fū | to apply a cold compress |
| 涂敷 (塗敷) | tú fū | to smear; to daub |
| 敷衍塞责 (敷衍塞責) | fū yǎn sè zé | (idiom) to skimp on the job; to work half-heartedly; not to take the job seriously |
| 敷贴 (敷貼) | fū tiē | to smear; to apply glue or ointment to a surface |
| 敷布 | fū bù | medical dressing; bandage |
English words written with 敷
敷 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.