Chinese symbol for “foster”
抚养
fǔ yǎng
Traditional: 撫養
to foster; to bring up; to raise
The closest CC-CEDICT match for foster is 抚养 (fǔ yǎng), defined as: to foster; to bring up; to raise.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “foster”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扶植 | fú zhí | to foster; to support |
| 扶养 (扶養) | fú yǎng | to foster; to bring up |
| 培养 (培養) | péi yǎng | to cultivate; to breed |
| 安养 (安養) | ān yǎng | to foster; to provide care (esp. for the elderly) |
| 义 (義) | yì | justice; righteousness |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 抚养.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 安抚 (安撫) | ān fǔ | to placate; to pacify |
| 巡抚 (巡撫) | xún fǔ | inspector-general of province in Ming and Qing times |
| 抚摸 (撫摸) | fǔ mō | to gently caress and stroke; to pet |
| 抚慰 (撫慰) | fǔ wèi | to console; to comfort |
| 爱抚 (愛撫) | ài fǔ | to caress; to fondle |
| 培养 (培養) | péi yǎng | to cultivate; to breed |
| 营养 (營養) | yíng yǎng | nutrition; nourishment |
| 养殖 (養殖) | yǎng zhí | to raise; to breed (animals etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “foster”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.