Phonosemantic compound. 黹 represents the meaning and 甫 represents the sound. Originally written as 黹, which depicts an embroidered pattern usually found on clothing.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | paʔ |
說文解字
《說文》：“黼，白與黑相次文。从黹，甫聲。”
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)