Dong Chinese dictionary

bù

cotton cloth

Phonosemantic compound. 巾 represents the meaning and 父 represents the sound.

Components

父 Sound component

fù

father

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 父 than it was in ancient scripts.

巾 Meaning component

jīn

cloth

Evolution

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

bù

cotton cloth, textiles, linen; cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known

bù

variant of 布[bù]

Most common words with 布

Component uses

Sound component in 4 characters (1 verified)

Sources