黻
fú

special pattern of embroidery

Phonosemantic compound. 黹 represents the meaning and 犮 represents the sound.

Components

黹
黹 Meaning component
zhǐ, xiàn embroidery
犮
犮 Sound component
bá, quǎn pull up
Change in sound

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpud

說文解字

《說文》:“黻,黑與青相次文。从黹,犮聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica