crawl

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
勹 meaning component

  Meaning component

bāo

  

wrap

甫 sound component

  Sound component

  

begin

Evolution

匍 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
匍 Bronze script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Bronze script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
匍 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
匍 Clerical script Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Clerical script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
匍 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

crawl; lie prostrate

Most common words with 匍
Freq.
Word
Meaning

匍匐

to crawl

crawl

匍匐茎

(botany) stolon

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)