伏侍

伏 fú crouch

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
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

犬
犬 Iconic component
quǎn dog

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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

袱茯

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

袱

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)

侍 shì serve

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 寺 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

寺
寺 Sound component
sì, shì temple

Character Evolution

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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzyiH[d]əʔ-saccompany, wait upon
Zhengzhangdjɯs
Unicodezhiə̀
zhiə̌

說文解字

承也。从人寺聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)