bō​fù

allocate

move Simplified

To dispatch  goods by hand 

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand
Meaning component
fā, fa, fà issue

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

fù, fu pay, hand over

Depicts a hand () giving payment to a person ().

Components

Iconic component
rén person

is a component form of .

Iconic component
cùn, cun (hand), inch

Depicts a hand.


Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (3 of 10 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpjuHp(r)o-s give

說文解字

《說文》:“付,與也。从寸,持物對人。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

move Traditional

To dispatch  goods by hand 

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand
Meaning component
fā, fa, fà send out

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpatpˤatspread out
Zhengzhangpaːd
Unicodebɑt

說文解字

治也。从手發聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica