咐 fù to instruct
to instruct; to order
怎么记住“咐”: 口 mouth + 付 pay = to instruct. Mum opens her mouth before I pay for my first bus ticket alone, and uses the whole ride to instruct me.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
咐 = 口 mouth + 付 pay
- 口 mouth meaning
- 付 pay sound
- 亻 person
- 寸 inch
Mum opens her mouth before I pay for my first bus ticket alone, and uses the whole ride to instruct me.
How it came to be
The mouth gives the meaning and the part for pay the sound.
用法
- A bound syllable in 'instruct' words: 吩咐 (fēnfù) to tell/order, 嘱咐 (zhǔfù) to enjoin/urge repeatedly.
- 嘱咐 carries more care and earnestness (a parent 嘱咐 a child); 吩咐 is more a matter-of-fact order.
- Never appears alone, always the second half of these compounds.