扶手 (fú shǒu) — handrail, banister, armrest; a railing or suppo…

Definition

noun

handrailbanisterarmresta railing or support for the hand on stairs, chairs, etc.

Measure word · 个

扶手。
Shàng xià lóu tī de shí hou qǐng fú hǎo fú shǒu.
Please hold the handrail firmly when going up and down stairs.
扶手。
Zhè bǎ yǐ zi de fú shǒu hěn shū fu.
The armrests of this chair are very comfortable.
扶手。
Zǒu láng liǎng cè dōu zhuāng le fú shǒu.
Handrails were installed on both sides of the corridor.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

扶fúsupport

扶 (support) acts on 手 (hand), naming a place to hold.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

扌夫扶

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒu

Sound part声符shēngfú

夫

Same sound today

The left part 扌 is a hand, matching actions like helping or supporting. The right part 夫 gives the sound fū.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

手 draws a five-fingered human hand: the top line is a bent middle finger, and the horizontal lines show the other four fingers.

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