You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Shell (bèi) Character: Fu Kangxi Stroke Count: 17 Page 1211, Entry 01 Pronounced fu (falling tone) Shuowen Jiezi (Dictionary of Explanations and Analysis of Characters): To assist. Yupian (Jade Chapters): To assist a funeral with wealth. Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili): When one knows the deceased, one offers a gift (zeng); when one knows the living, one offers a funeral gift (fu). Gongyang Commentary (Gongyang Zhuan): Wealth and property given as assistance are called fu. Commentary: Fu means the same as to assist. For further details, see the note for the character fu (variant form for funeral gifts).