茀
fú

overgrown with grass

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approved by Peter Olson · Mar 2, 2026, 04:47 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Mar 2, 2026, 04:47 AM

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Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

weed

弗
弗 Sound component
fú not

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartphjutpʰ[u]tshrubby
pjutp[u]tremove dense vegetation
Zhengzhangpɯds
pʰɯd

說文解字

道多艸，不可行。从艸弗聲。

Sources

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