Phonosemantic compound. 囗 represents the meaning and 甫 represents the sound. Originally written as 甫.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | |
|---|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | paːʔ | |
| paːs | ||
| Unicode | bǒ |
說文解字
《說文》：“圃，穜菜曰圃。从囗，甫聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)