pū, pú
servant
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 菐 represents the sound.
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 僕
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
servant | ||
drudge | ||
to fall forward | ||
public servant | ||
fig. travel-worn |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[b]ˤok | buwk | pú | charioteer, servant |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 6.8236% of movies
2068th most common character in movies
1812th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 14 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+50D5 |
Shuowen | “僕，給事者。从人，从菐，菐亦聲。，古文从臣。” |
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