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Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Regular Modern
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Original meaning: captive
Depicts a hand (爪) capturing a child (子). Based on the original meaning "captive", now written as 俘. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
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Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | pʰuw |
說文解字
《說文》：“孚，卵孚也。从爪，从子。一曰信也。，古文孚从，，古文。”
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- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
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- Zhengzhang Shangfang
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- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)