抚弄 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

fǔ pat Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 无 represents the sound. Simplified form of 撫.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

无 Sound component

wú negative

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical images: Academia Sinica

nòng fiddle with

Depicts a pair of hands (廾) playing with a jade object (玉).

Components

玉 Iconic component

yù jade

廾 Iconic component

gǒng two hands

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	luwngH	[r]ˤoŋ-s	manipulate, play with

說文解字

《說文》：“弄，玩也。从廾持玉。”

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)

fǔ pat Traditional

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

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

無 Sound component

wú negative

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	phjuX	[pʰ](r)aʔ	lay the hand on
Zhengzhang		m̥ʰaʔ
Unicode	piǒ

說文解字

安也。从手無聲。一曰循也。

Sources

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

抚 fǔ pat Simplified

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弄 nòng fiddle with

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撫 fǔ pat Traditional

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fǔ pat Simplified

nòng fiddle with

fǔ pat Traditional