pū, pú
to fall forward
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 卜 represents the sound. Simplified form of 僕.
Components
Evolution
Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 仆
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
servant | ||
drudge | ||
to fall forward | ||
public servant | ||
fig. travel-worn |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*pʰ(r)ok-s | phjuH | pū | fall prostrate |
*pʰok-s | phjuwH | pū | fall prostrate |
*pʰˤ(r)ok-s | phuwH | pū | fall prostrate |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 6.8236% of movies
2068th most common character in movies
1812th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 4 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+4EC6 |
Shuowen | “仆，頓也。从人，卜聲。” |
Sources
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