拂拭 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

fúshì

wipe

fú, bì, pì shake off

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

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

弗 Sound component

fú not

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	phjut	pʰ[u]t	to brush, shake
Zhengzhang		pʰɯd
Unicode	piət

說文解字

過擊也。从手弗聲。

Sources

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

shì wipe away stains with cloth

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

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

式 Sound component

shì, shi style

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	syik	l̥ ək	to wipe
Zhengzhang		hljɯɡ
Unicode	shiək

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang