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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern
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Pictograph of the side view of a person bending over. Original form of 伏.
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | pruː |
說文解字
《說文》：“勹，裹也。象人曲形，有所包裹。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 古文字詁林編纂委員會《古文字詁林》Vol. 8, p.138說文解字
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)