chān​fú

support

chān give helping hand Simplified

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

Unknown component
miǎn (hat), avoid
Unknown component

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

support

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

is a component form of .

Sound component
fu, fū man

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbjum-[p](r)acrawl; assist
Zhengzhangpa
ba
Unicodebhio

說文解字

左也。从手夫聲。

Sources

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

chān give helping hand Traditional

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

Sound component
chán cunning

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzrɯːm
sʰraːm

說文解字

剌也。从手毚聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica