zōng​fù

coir

zōng hemp palm

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
tree
Sound component
zōng, zong ancestor, sect

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsoːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

to tie Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
silk

is a component form of .

Sound component
fū, bù, fǔ state, announce

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

to tie Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
silk

is a component form of .

Sound component
fū, bù, fǔ state, announce

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbjakbakbind (v.)
Zhengzhangbaːɡs
baɡ
Unicodebhiɑk

說文解字

束也。从糸尃聲。

Sources

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