匍
pú

crawl

Phonosemantic compound. 勹 represents the meaning and 甫 represents the sound.

Components

勹
勹 Meaning component
bāo wrap
甫
甫 Sound component
fu begin

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

葡

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbu[b]ˤa crawl

說文解字

《說文》：“匍，手行也。从勹，甫聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)