Chinese Character Wiki
伏

fú

crouch

Original meaning: 

to lie down

Depicts a person (亻) lying down next to a dog (犬). The meaning later shifted to "crouch".

Components
亻 iconic component

亻  Iconic component

rén

  

person

亻 is a component form of 人.

犬 iconic component

犬  Iconic component

quǎn

  

dog

Evolution

伏 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
伏 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
伏 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
伏 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

伏  

fú

crouch, crawl, lie hidden, conceal; to lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush); to conceal oneself; to lie low; hottest days of summer; to submit; to concede defeat; to overcome; to subdue; volt

伏  

Fú

surname Fu

Most common words with 伏
Freq.
Word
Meaning

伏

to lean over

伏特

volt (loanword)

起伏

to undulate

埋伏

to ambush

潜伏

to hide

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

袱

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

袱 茯

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[b]ək-s

bjuwH

fú

hatch (v.)

*[b]ək

bjuwk

fú

lie prostrate


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 14.9928% of movies

1727th most common character in movies

1389th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+4F0F

Shuowen

“伏，司也。从人，从犬。”


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