HSK6

assist

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
fú, bì to fill
Meaning component
dāo knife

is a component form of .

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartphikpʰrək split, cut open, cleave
phjuwHpʰək-s secondary

說文解字

《說文》:“副,判也。从刀,畐聲。《周禮》曰:‘副辜祭。’疈,籀文副。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica