尃
fū

state, announce

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Original meaning: scatter

Phonosemantic compound. 寸 represents the meaning and 甫 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "scatter". The meaning later shifted to "announce".

Components

甫
甫 Sound component
寸
寸 Meaning component

Depicts a hand.

Change in meaning
寸 hints at the original meaning of 尃, "scatter", which is no longer the most common meaning of 尃 in modern Mandarin.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰa

說文解字

《說文》：“尃，布也。从寸，甫聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)