12345678910KeywordkettlecauldronpotFrequency#3167Strokes10ReadingsfǔMnemonic金 (metal) gives the meaning and 父 the sound.Stroke orderComposed of父father金goldUsed in characters滏a river in Hebei provinceUsed in vocabulary釜山FǔshānBusan, South Korea's second-largest city釜fǔkettle; cauldron破釜沉舟pòfǔchénzhōulit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat; to burn one's boats釜底抽薪fǔdǐchōuxīnto take drastic measures to deal with a situation; to pull the carpet from under sb