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尃

fū

state, announce

Original meaning: 

scatter

Depicts a hand (寸) scattering crops in a garden (甫). 甫 also represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "scatter". The meaning later shifted to "announce".

Components
甫 sound,iconic component

甫  Sound Iconic component

fǔ

  

begin

Depicts something sprouting (屮) from a field (田), depicting a garden or orchard.

寸 iconic component

寸  Iconic component

cùn

  

(hand), inch

Depicts a hand.

Evolution

尃 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
尃 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
尃 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

尃  

fū

to state to, to announce

Component uses

Sound component in 11 characters (4 verified)

博 愽 傅 溥 搏 膊 縛 缚 赙 鎛 镈

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+5C03

Shuowen

“尃，布也。从寸，甫聲。”


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