伏
fúFú HSK7

crouch

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approved by Prismcool · May 18, 2024, 03:33 AM · Reviewed by Prismcool on May 18, 2024, 03:33 AM

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Original meaning: to lie down

Depicts a person (亻) lying down next to a dog (犬). The meaning later shifted to "crouch".

Components

亻
亻 Iconic component

亻 is a component form of 人.

犬
犬 Iconic component

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbjuwH[b]ək-s hatch (v.)
bjuwk[b]ək lie prostrate

說文解字

《說文》：“伏，司也。从人，从犬。”

Sources

Character origin
中華語文知識庫漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)