培修 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

péixiū

repair earthworks

péi bank up with dirt, cultivate

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 咅 represents the sound.

土 Meaning component

tǔ earth

咅 Sound component

pǒu to spit out

Regular Modern

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	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	boːʔ
	bɯː

《說文》：“培，培墩，土田山川也。从土，咅聲。”

Phonosemantic compound. 彡 represents the meaning and 攸 represents the sound.

攸 Sound component

yōu distant

彡 Meaning component

shān, xiǎn hair

Regular Modern

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	sjuw	s-liw	adorn

飾也。从彡攸聲。