仆街
pū​jiē

fuck you

仆 pū, pú, bú to fall forward

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 卜 represents the sound. Simplified form of 僕.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

卜
卜 Sound component
bo fortune telling

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartphjuHpʰ(r)ok-s fall prostrate
phjuwHpʰok-s fall prostrate
phuwHpʰˤ(r)ok-s fall prostrate

說文解字

《說文》：“仆，頓也。从人，卜聲。”

Sources

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

街 jiē street

Phonosemantic compound. 行 represents the meaning and 圭 represents the sound.

Components

行
行 Meaning component
xíng, háng walk
圭
圭 Sound component
guī jade pointed at top
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkea[k]ˤre road-crossing

說文解字

《說文》：“街，四通道也。从行，圭聲。”

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)