巡抚 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

xún patrol

To walk 辶 by the river 巛; 巛 also provides the pronunciation

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

巛 Sound Meaning component

chuān, shùn river

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	zwin	[sə.l]u[n]	perambulate
Zhengzhang		sɢljun
Unicode	zuin

說文解字

延行皃。从辵川聲。

Sources

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

fǔ pat Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 无 represents the sound. Simplified form of 撫.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

无 Sound component

wú negative

Character Evolution

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Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical images: Academia Sinica

fǔ pat Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 無 represents the sound.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

無 Sound component

wú negative

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	phjuX	[pʰ](r)aʔ	lay the hand on
Zhengzhang		m̥ʰaʔ
Unicode	piǒ

說文解字

安也。从手無聲。一曰循也。

Sources

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

巡 xún patrol

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說文解字

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抚 fǔ pat Simplified

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撫 fǔ pat Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

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說文解字

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xún patrol

fǔ pat Simplified

fǔ pat Traditional