俘
fú HSK7

prisoner of war

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approved by Prismcool · Aug 15, 2023, 06:16 PM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Aug 15, 2023, 06:16 PM

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Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 孚 represents the sound. Originally written as 孚, which depicts a hand (爪) capturing a child (子).

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component

亻 is a component form of 人.

孚
孚 Sound component

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰuw

說文解字

《說文》：“俘，軍所獲也。从人，孚聲。”

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)