抱屈 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

bàoqū

feel wronged

bào embrace

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

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

包 Sound Iconic component

bāo wrap

Depicts a person (勹) hugging a child (子).

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	bawX	[m-p]ˤuʔ	carry in the arms

說文解字

《說文》：“捊，引取也。从手，孚聲。抱，捊或从包。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫谢明文《释甲骨文中的“抱”——兼论“包”字》
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

qū, qu bend

Phonosemantic compound. 尾 represents the meaning and 出 represents the sound.

Components

尾 Meaning Remnant component

wěi tail

出 Sound component

chū go out

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC

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掘窟崛倔堀

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倔

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	khjut	Nə-[kʰ]ut	bent
	khjut	[kʰ]ut	bend, subdue

說文解字

《說文》：“屈，無尾也。从尾，出聲。”

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)

抱 bào embrace

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說文解字

Sources

屈 qū, qu bend

Components

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說文解字

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bào embrace

qū, qu bend