迂腐
yū​fǔ

pedantic

迂 yū doctrinaire

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 于 represents the sound.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

于
于 Sound component
yú at

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartʔjuqʷ(r)aastray; far
hju[ɢ]ʷ(r)abend, deflect; far away
Zhengzhangqʷa
qʷaʔ
ɢʷa

說文解字

避也。从辵于聲。

Sources

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

腐 fǔ, fu rotten, decay

Phonosemantic compound. 府 represents the sound and 肉 represents the meaning.

Components

府
府 Sound component
fǔ government
肉
肉 Meaning component
ròu meat

meat

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbjuX[b](r)oʔ rotten

說文解字

《說文》：“腐，爛也。从肉，府聲。”

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)