副
fùpì HSK6

assist

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 畐 represents the sound.

Components

畐
畐 Sound component
fú, bì to fill
刂
刂 Meaning component
dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

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