撫
fǔ

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抚 (撫) fǔ
caress verb
to stroke or touch lightly with the hand

她轻轻地抚着孩子的头发。

tā qīng​qīng de fǔ zhe hái​zi de tóu​fa.

She gently stroked the child's hair.

comfort verb
to soothe, console, or provide emotional support

老师温柔的话语，抚慰了这名因为考试失利而哭泣的学生。

lǎo​shī wēn​róu de huà​yǔ, fǔ wèi le zhè míng yīn​wèi kǎo​shì shī​lì ér kū​qì de xué​sheng.

The teacher's gentle words comforted the student who was crying over a failed exam.

governor verb
an archaic administrative term referring to a province or a provincial governor

在清代的官制中，巡抚是负责管理全省政务的重要长官。

zài Qīng​dài de guān​zhì zhōng, xún​fǔ shì fù​zé guǎn​lǐ quán shěng zhèng​wù de zhòng​yào zhǎng​guān.

In the administrative system of the Qing Dynasty, the Provincial Governor (Xunfu) was a key official responsible for managing a province's civil affairs.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,720th most common 52.2 per million
Movie subtitles
1,828th most common 25.9 per million appears in 14% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1.43 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
9.21 per million

Details
Simplified
抚
Strokes
15
Unicode
U+64AB

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)