fù
tutor
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 尃 represents the sound.
Evolution

Bronze script
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 傅
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
master | ||
surname Fu | ||
Fu Zuoyi (1895-1974), Guomindang general, subsequently PRC top general and politician | ||
Charles Fourier (French sociologist and socialist, 1772-1837) | ||
Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier (French mathematician, 1768-1830) |
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