哺
bǔbū HSK7

chew food

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 甫 represents the sound. Simplified form of 餔.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
甫
甫 Sound component
fu begin

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbuH[b]ˤa-sfood held in the mouth
Zhengzhangbaːs
Unicodebhò

說文解字

哺咀也。从口甫聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)