飘拂
piāo​fú

flutter

飘 piāo whirlwind Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 风 represents the meaning and 票 represents the sound. Simplified form of 飄.

Components

风
风 Meaning component
fēng wind
票
票 Sound component
piào slip of paper or bamboo

Sources

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拂 fú, bì, pì shake off

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

弗
弗 Sound component
fú not

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartphjutpʰ[u]tto brush, shake
Zhengzhangpʰɯd
Unicodepiət

說文解字

過擊也。从手弗聲。

Sources

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

飄 piāo whirlwind Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 風 represents the meaning and 票 represents the sound.

Components

風
風 Meaning component
fēng wind
票
票 Sound component
piào slip of paper or bamboo

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰew
bew
Unicodepiɛu

說文解字

回風也。从風㶾聲。

Sources

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