辐
fú HSK7

spokes of wheel

Phonosemantic compound. 车 represents the meaning and 畐 represents the sound. Simplified form of 輻.

Components

车
车 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
畐
畐 Sound component
fú, bì to fill

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

輻 fú spokes of wheel Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 畐 represents the sound.

Components

車
車 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
畐
畐 Sound component
fú, bì to fill

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpjuwkpəkspokes of a wheel
Zhengzhangpɯɡs
pɯɡ

說文解字

輪轑也。从車畐聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)