攵
pū

tap

攵 is a component form of 攴. Depicts a hand (又) holding a hitting implement such as a whip or a staff.

Components

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◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts a hitting implement.

又
又 Iconic component
yòu hand
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 又 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (26 of 41 verified)

政数务做放改收敌致效故攻败救敬敏牧敞敷敛赦孜敖徵變畋敉綮務啓敪敵斂敄敘徴敃數𢼸啟敗

Iconic (8 of 9 verified)

教敢枚敝攸敫敎𠩺𢽳

Unknown (1 of 2 verified)

澈敕

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

敦

說文解字

《說文》：“攴，小擊也。从又，卜聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)