fù​jí

study away

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

bamboo box used carry books

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of .

Sound component
extend

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangskʰrɯːb
ɡrab
ɡab
ɡrɯb

Sources

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