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gébù

kudzu cloth

gé, gě edible bean

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 曷 represents the sound.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

曷 Sound component

hé, è, hè why? what? where?

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Sound (0 of 1 verified)

噶

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kat	[k]ˤat	Dolichos; kudzu
Zhengzhang		kaːd
Unicode	gɑt

說文解字

絺綌艸也。从艸曷聲。

Sources

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

bù cotton cloth

Phonosemantic compound. 巾 represents the meaning and 父 represents the sound.

Components

父 Sound component

fù father

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 父 than it was in ancient scripts.

巾 Meaning component

jīn cloth

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

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Sound (1 of 4 verified)

怖钸鈽佈

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	puH	pˤa-s	cloth
	puH	pˤa-s	cloth

說文解字

《說文》：“布，枲織也。从巾，父聲。”

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)

葛 gé, gě edible bean

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

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說文解字

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布 bù cotton cloth

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (1 of 4 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

gé, gě edible bean

bù cotton cloth