Chinese symbol for “nurture”
抚育
fǔ yù
Traditional: 撫育
to nurture; to raise; to foster; to tend
The closest CC-CEDICT match for nurture is 抚育 (fǔ yù), defined as: to nurture; to raise; to foster; to tend.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “nurture”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 教养 (教養) | jiào yǎng | to educate; to bring up; to nurture; upbringing; breeding; culture |
| 培养 (培養) | péi yǎng | to cultivate; to breed |
| 养育 (養育) | yǎng yù | to rear; to bring up |
| 孕育 | yùn yù | to be pregnant; to produce offspring |
| 熏陶 (薰陶) | xūn táo | to seep in; to influence |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 抚育.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 安抚 (安撫) | ān fǔ | to placate; to pacify |
| 抚养 (撫養) | fǔ yǎng | to foster; to bring up |
| 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 |
| 教育 | jiào yù | to educate; to teach |
| 体育 (體育) | tǐ yù | sports; physical education |
See also: Japanese symbol for “nurture”.
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.