fù
father
Pictograph of a hand holding something. The exact nature of the object is unclear. Variously explained as a rod or a hatchet.
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Sources
季旭昇《說文新證》p.200-201