nurse, suckle
哺 centers on feeding an infant or young animal directly from the body: nursing or suckling. It is specifically about providing milk, not general feeding.
哺 combines 口 (mouth) with 甫, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to spreading or extending, suggesting the act of feeding from mouth to mouth or providing nourishment.
A mouth 口 beside 甫, which looks like a nursing infant with a rounded body and a small head. Picture a baby's mouth latching on to nurse.
For ホ, imagine a mother softly saying 'ho' to soothe her nursing baby: ho -> ホ, and the mouth 口 feeds the child.
mammal; mammalian
suckling; nursing; lactation
caring for one's parents in return
holding food in one's mouth; food held in one's mouth
to be eager to meet someone
infant at the breast; suckling baby
mammal
baby's bottle
mamma (milk-secreting organ of female mammals)
Mammaliaformes
lactation period
baby bottle; nursing bottle; feeding bottle
Mammalia
mammal-like reptile
mammalogy
nursing (esp. an animal); suckling; (feeding and) raising
(a statesman making) extraordinary efforts to find and employ capable persons (persons of great wisdom)
Japanese Society of Mammalian Ova Research; JSMOR