铺摊
pū​tan

set up stall

铺 pù, pū, pu spread out Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 甫 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鋪.

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

甫
甫 Sound component
fu begin

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摊 tān spread out Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 难 represents the sound. Simplified form of 攤.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

难
难 Sound component
nán, nan, nàn difficult

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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鋪 pù, pū, pu spread out Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 甫 represents the sound.

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal

釒 is a component form of 金.

甫
甫 Sound component
fu begin

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartphjupʰ(r)aspread out
phupʰˤaspread out
Zhengzhangpʰaː
pʰaːs
pʰa
Unicodepo

說文解字

箸門鋪首也。从金甫聲。

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Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

攤 tān spread out Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 難 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

難
難 Sound component
nán, nan, nàn difficult

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangn̥ʰaːn
naːnʔ
naːns

說文解字

《說文新附》：“攤，開也。从手，難聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)