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攴

pū

tap

Depicts a hand (又) holding a whip or a staff. The whip or staff was later reanalyzed into the sound component 卜.

Components
又 iconic component

又  Iconic component

yòu

  

(hand), again

卜 sound component

卜  Sound component

bo, bǔ

  

fortune telling

Originally depicted a whip or a staff. Later reanalyzed into sound component 卜.

Evolution

攴 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
攴 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
攴 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

攴  

pū

rap, tap lightly; KangXi radical 66; to tap; to knock lightly; old variant of 撲|扑[pū]

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (2 verified)

敲 𢻻

Iconic component in 4 characters (4 verified)

更 寇 𢾿 𠓥

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6627th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Unicode

U+6534

Shuowen

“攴，小擊也。从又，卜聲。”


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