Chinese Character Wiki
菐

pú

(beat against), tedious

Original meaning: 

beat against

Depicts two hands (廾) holding a chisel-shaped weapon or tool (丵) to beat against something. Based on the original meaning "beat against", now written as 撲. Similar in origin to 對.

Components
丵 iconic component

丵  Iconic component

zhuó

  

chisel

Depicts a chisel-shaped weapon or tool.

廾 iconic component

廾  Iconic component

gǒng

  

two hands

Depicts a two hands.

Evolution

菐 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
菐 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
菐 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
菐 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

菐  

pú

a thicket; thicket; tedious

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

撲

Sound component in 9 characters (2 verified)

撲 僕 樸 噗 璞 蹼 醭 幞 镤

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

9488th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+83D0

Shuowen

“，譍無方也。从丵，从口，从寸。對，或从土。”
Sources

季旭昇《說文新證》p.171-172



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