补休 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

bǔ mend, patch Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 卜 represents the sound. Simplified form of 補.

Components

衤 Meaning component

yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

卜 Sound component

bo fortune telling

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

xiū rest

Depicts a person (亻) resting under a tree (木).

Components

亻 Iconic component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

木 Iconic component

mù tree

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Sound (0 of 6 verified)

咻庥鸺髹貅鵂

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	xjuw	qʰ(r)u	rest (v.)
	xjuw	qʰ(r)u	blessing

說文解字

《說文》：“休，息止也。从人依木。庥，休或从广。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

bǔ mend, patch Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 甫 represents the sound.

Components

衤 Meaning component

yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

甫 Sound component

fu begin

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	puX	[Cə]-pˤaʔ	to patch

說文解字

《說文》：“補，完衣也。从衣，甫聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

补 bǔ mend, patch Simplified

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休 xiū rest

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (0 of 6 verified)

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說文解字

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補 bǔ mend, patch Traditional

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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bǔ mend, patch Simplified

xiū rest

bǔ mend, patch Traditional