俘 fú prisoner of war
怎么记住“俘”: 亻 person + 孚 capture = prisoner of war. One person from the red team gets lost in the paintball woods, and the blue team rushes to capture him as their first prisoner of war.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
俘 = 亻 person + 孚 capture
- 亻 person meaning
- 孚 capture sound
One person from the red team gets lost in the paintball woods, and the blue team rushes to capture him as their first prisoner of war.
How it came to be
It was first written with only the sign for capture, which gives the sound; the person was added later.
用法
- To capture / a captive in war: 俘虏 (fúlǔ) prisoner of war (also the verb 'to capture'), 俘获 (fúhuò) to seize/capture.
- 俘虏 is used both literally and figuratively: 俘虏了她的心 to capture her heart.
- Military register; the person taken is a 战俘 (zhànfú) POW.