In modern Chinese, it can be extended to mean "supporting an object" in addition to "a long stick on a ship". For example, "rowing with a long stick" and "he propped up the collapsed house with a raft".
In addition, "Fu" is also widely used in poetry. For example, in the Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi's Spring Tour of Qiantang Lake, there is "Qingchuan is vast and the grass is green." . The willows on the embankment are drunk with spring smoke, and the songs and flutes are moving. "The' Acura' in this poem refers to the song sung while rowing.
In a word, "Fu", as an ancient and commonly used Chinese character, is still widely used in modern Chinese.