护肤
hù​fū

skincare

护 hù protect Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 户 represents the sound. Simplified form of 護.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

户
户 Sound component
hù, hu door

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

肤 fū skin Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 夫 represents the sound. Simplified form of 膚.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

夫
夫 Sound component
fu, fū man

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpa

Sources

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

護 hù protect Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 蒦 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
蒦
蒦 Sound component
huò, wò catch, get

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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthuH[ɢ]ʷˤak-s protect

說文解字

《說文》：“護，救視也。从言，蒦聲。”

Sources

Character origin
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)

膚 fū skin Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 盧 represents the sound.

Components

盧
盧 SoundRemnant component
rice vessel
⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpjupra skin

說文解字

《說文》：“臚，皮也。从肉，盧聲。膚，籀文臚。”

Sources

Character origin
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)