flourishing, prosperous

Phonosemantic compound. represents the sound and represents the meaning.

Components
孛 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

bèi

  

flourishing, thriving

力 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

power

Evolution

勃 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
勃 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
勃 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

suddenly, sudden, quick; flourishing; prosperous; suddenly; abruptly

Most common words with 勃
Freq.
Word
Meaning

flourishing

蓬勃

vigorous

兴致勃勃

full of zest

勃起

erection

克格勃

KGB (Soviet secret police)

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)