bǔ​zhuì

mend

mend, patch Simplified

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

Components

Meaning component
clothes

is a component form of .

Sound component
bo fortune telling

Sources

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

zhui patch together Simplified

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Originally written as , which depicted a person with their hands and feet tied up.

Components

Meaning component
silk

is a component form of .

SoundIconic component
zhuó, yǐ, lì to connect, to join together

Depicts a person () with their hands and feet tied up.

Sources

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

mend, patch Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
clothes

is a component form of .

Sound component
fu begin

Character Evolution

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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpuX[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

zhui patch together Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Originally written as , which depicted a person with their hands and feet tied up.

Components

Meaning component
silk

is a component form of .

SoundIconic component
zhuó, yǐ, lì to connect, to join together

Depicts a person () with their hands and feet tied up.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttrjwettrot stitch

說文解字

《說文》:“綴,合箸也。从叕,从糸。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica