to feed

mouth (口) + phonetic (甫) = to feed

The mouth radical anchors the meaning: feeding involves putting food into a mouth. 甫 contributes the sound bǔ and does not add semantic weight here.

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MouthSemantic
A phonetic component roughly indicating the bǔ soundPhonetic

妈妈每天乳,照顾小宝宝很辛苦。

māma měi tiān bǔ rǔ,zhàogù xiǎo bǎobao hěn xīnkǔ。

Mom breastfeeds every day; taking care of the little baby is very tiring.

母鸟用嘴喂巢里的幼鸟。

mǔ niǎo yòng zuǐ bǔ wèi cháo lǐ de yòu niǎo。

The mother bird uses her beak to feed the young birds in the nest.

Words with 哺

喂哺

wèi bǔ

to feed (a baby)

乳哺

rǔ bǔ

(literary) to feed an infant breast milk

反哺

fǎn bǔ

to support one's parents in their old age

哺乳

bǔ rǔ

breastfeeding

哺乳动物

bǔ rǔ dòng wù

mammal

哺乳期

bǔ rǔ qī

breastfeeding period

哺乳纲

bǔ rǔ gāng

Mammalia, the class of mammals

哺乳类

bǔ rǔ lèi

mammals

哺乳类动物

bǔ rǔ lèi dòng wù

mammals

哺母乳

bǔ mǔ rǔ

breastfeeding

哺育

bǔ yù

to feed

哺养

bǔ yǎng

feed

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