扑腾
pū​teng

flutter

扑 pū pound Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 卜 represents the sound. Simplified form of 撲.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

卜
卜 Sound component
bo fortune telling

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰoːɡ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

腾 téng, teng fly Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 朕 represents the sound. Simplified form of 騰.

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse
朕
朕 Sound component
zhèn pronoun 'I'

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

撲 pū to beat Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 扌represents the meaning and 菐 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

菐
菐 SoundMeaning component
pú (beat against), tedious

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartphuwkpʰˤok beat (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“撲，挨也。从手，菐聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

騰 téng, teng fly Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 馬 represents the meaning and 朕 represents the sound.

Components

朕
朕 Sound component
zhèn pronoun 'I'
馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdonglˤəŋ to mount; oppress

說文解字

《說文》：“騰，傳也。从馬，朕聲。一曰：騰，犗馬也。”

Sources

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