Kanji Detail for 撫 - "stroke, caress, soothe"

撫

Jinmeiyō Kanji

Meaning
撫 means "stroke, caress, soothe."
1. Stroke - To gently rub with the hand.
2. Caress - To touch lovingly; to pet.
3. Soothe - To calm; to comfort.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

stroke; pat; smooth down

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

pat, console, comfort; pacify

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to comfort; to console; to stroke; to caress; an old term for province or provincial governor

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to pat, to console; to stroke, to caress

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

To comfort. Such as 鎮撫, 安撫. Pacifying rebels is also 撫. Such as 勦撫兼施. | To nurture. Such as 撫養, 撫育. | To press. Such as 撫劍, 撫式. | Same as 摹. Copying text is 手撫.
Onyomi

bu(ぶ)

fu(ふ)
Kunyomi

na.deru(なでる)
Strokes

15 strokes
Radical

手扌 (te・tehen)
Related Keywords
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