Dong Chinese dictionary

fú

special pattern of embroidery

Phonosemantic compound. 黹 represents the meaning and 犮 represents the sound.

Components

黹 Meaning component

zhǐ

embroidery

犮 Sound component

bá, quǎn

pull up

黻 and 犮 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

fú

special pattern of embroidery; (archaic) embroidery using black and blue thread

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