黻 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

fú

special pattern of embroidery

Phonosemantic compound. 黹 represents the meaning and 犮 represents the sound.

Components

黹 Meaning component

zhǐ, xiàn embroidery

犮 Sound component

bá, quǎn pull up

Change in sound

黻 and 犮 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
黻 pud
犮 boːd

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	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	pud

《說文》：“黻，黑與青相次文。从黹，犮聲。”