巿
fú

ceremonial knee coverings

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approved by cochleoid · Jul 17, 2022, 03:54 AM · Reviewed by cochleoid on Jul 17, 2022, 03:54 AM

I couldn't find the source of the "revolve" meaning in Unihan. The original meaning is well sourced.

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Original form of 韨. Depicts ceremonial knee coverings that hung from a belt over clothing. Once was a phonetic loan for 芾 (lush vegetation).

Components

一
一 Iconic component

Depicts the belt.

巾
巾 MeaningIconic component

Depicts the knee coverings and signifies the 巾(cloth, cover) meanings.


Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpub

說文解字

《說文》：“巿，韠也。上古衣蔽前而已，巿以象之。天子朱巿，朱矦赤巿，大夫葱衡。从巾，象連帶之形。韍，篆文巿从韋，从犮。”

Sources

Character origin
李学勤 《字源》 p.694季旭昇 《說文新證》 p.624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)