咐

fù

used in 吩咐[fen1 fu5] and 囑咐|嘱咐[zhu3 fu5]

mouth (口) + sound fù (付) = to give verbal instructions

口 anchors the meaning in spoken instruction — commands and reminders are delivered by mouth. 付 contributes the sound fù and does not add semantic weight here.

口+付→咐

付To hand overPhonetic

口MouthSemantic

妈妈吩咐我出门前要关好窗户。

māma fēnfù wǒ chūmén qián yào guān hǎo chuānghu。

Mom told me to close the windows properly before going out.

爷爷临走时嘱咐我们要好好照顾彼此。

yéye lín zǒu shí zhǔfù wǒmen yào hǎohǎo zhàogù bǐcǐ。

Grandpa urged us to take good care of each other before he left.

Words with 咐

吩咐

fēn fu

to tell; to instruct; to command

嘱咐

zhǔ fu

to urge; to exhort

More characters with 口

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