fú​lù

talisman

tally, symbol, mark

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of .

Sound component
fù, fu pay, hand over

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
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 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbju[b](r)o a tally

說文解字

《說文》:“符,信也。漢制以竹,長六寸,分而相合。从竹,付聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

book Simplified

A bamboo ⺮ record  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
zhú bamboo
Meaning component
copy, write down

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangroːɡ

說文解字

《說文》:“簏,竹高篋也。从竹,鹿聲。箓,簏或从彔。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

book Traditional

Components

Meaning component
zhú bamboo
SoundMeaning component
lù, lǜ copy

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangroɡ
Unicodeliok

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang