捧腹 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

pěngfù

roar with laughter

pěng hold up in two hands

An offering 奉 made with two hands 扌; 奉 also provides the pronunciation

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

fèng offer

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		pʰoŋʔ
Unicode	piǒng

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 复 represents the sound.

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

复 Sound component

fù return

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厚也。从肉复聲。