dried meat

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
⺼ meaning component

  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

甫 sound component

  Sound component

  

begin

Evolution

脯 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
脯 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
脯 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
脯 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

dried meat; preserved fruits; chest; breast

 

preserved fruit

Most common words with 脯
Freq.
Word
Meaning

胸脯

chest

chest

果脯

candied fruit

脯氨酸

proline (Pro), an amino acid