匍匐茎
pú​fú​jīng

stolon

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)

匐 fú fall prostrate

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

Components

勹
勹 Meaning component
bāo wrap

勹 is a component form of 包.

畐
畐 Sound component
fú, bì to fill

Character Evolution

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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

蔔

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

蔔

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbjuwk[b]əkcrawl (bu.bjuwk)
bok[b]ˤək (< *[b]ˤuk ?)crawl
Zhengzhangbɯːɡ
bɯɡ

說文解字

伏地也。从勹畐聲。

Sources

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

茎 jīng stem Simplified

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

grass

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

莖 jīng stem Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 巠 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

巠
巠 Sound component
jīng warp (textile)

Character Evolution

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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartheangm-k-lˤ<r>eŋ stalk (n.)

說文解字

《說文》：“莖，枝柱也。从艸，巠聲。”

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)