攴
pū

tap

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Depicts a hand (又) holding a whip or a staff. The whip or staff was later corrupted into the phoentic component 卜.

Components

又
又 Iconic component
卜
卜 Sound component

Originally depicted a whip or a staff. Later corrupted into sound component 卜.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰoːɡ
pʰroːɡ

說文解字

《說文》：“攴，小擊也。从又，卜聲。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.238-239
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)