fù​jiù

remorseful

fù, fu bear, carry Simplified

Simplified form of . Depicts a person () carrying shells () on their back.

Components

Iconic component
rén, ren person
Iconic component
bèi sea shell

Sources

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

jiù chronic disease

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
sick
Sound component
jiǔ long time (ago)

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʷlɯs

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

fù, fu bear, carry Traditional

Depicts a person () carrying shells () on their back.

Components

Iconic component
rén, ren person
Iconic component
bèi sea shell

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-SagartbjuwX[b]əʔ carry on the back

說文解字

《說文》:“負,恃也。从人守貝有所恃也。一曰受貸不償。”

Sources

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