撫
fǔ

pat

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

無
無 Sound component
wú negative

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartphjuX[pʰ](r)aʔlay the hand on
Zhengzhangm̥ʰaʔ
Unicodepiǒ

說文解字

安也。从手無聲。一曰循也。

Sources

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

抚 fǔ pat Simplified

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

无
无 Sound component
wú negative

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica