serve

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
亻 meaning component

  Meaning component

rén

  

person

is a component form of .

司 sound component

  Sound component

  

take charge of

Evolution

伺 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
伺 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
伺 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

serve, wait upon, attend; examine; to wait on

 

to watch; to wait; to examine; to spy

Most common words with 伺
Freq.
Word
Meaning

伺候

to serve

伺机

to wait for an opportunity

to wait on

伺服

computer server

窥伺

to spy upon