fall prostrate

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
勹 meaning component

  Meaning component

bāo

  

wrap

is a component form of .

畐 sound component

  Sound component

  

to fill

Evolution

匐 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
匐 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

fall prostrate; crawl; to fall prostrate

Most common words with 匐
Freq.
Word
Meaning

匍匐

to crawl

to fall prostrate

匍匐茎

(botany) stolon

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)