fú, bì
shake off
Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 弗 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 拂
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to assist | ||
daybreak | ||
to brush | ||
to storm off in a huff (idiom) | ||
duster |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*pʰ[u]t | phjut | fú | to brush, shake |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 1.2975% of movies
3264th most common character in movies
2623rd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+62C2 |
Shuowen | “拂，過擊也。从手，弗聲。” |
Sources
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