Chinese Character Wiki
巿

fú

ceremonial knee coverings

Depicts ceremonial knee coverings that hang from a belt over clothing. Original form of 韨.

Components
一 iconic component

一  Iconic component

yī

  

one

Used here to depict the belt.

◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts the knee coverings.

Evolution

巿 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

巿  

fú

revolve, make circuit, turn; see 韍|韨[fú]

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

沛

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

肺 芾 旆

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Unicode

U+5DFF

Shuowen

“巿，韠也。上古衣蔽前而已，巿以象之。天子朱巿，朱矦赤巿，大夫葱衡。从巾，象連帶之形。韍，篆文巿从韋，从犮。”
Sources

李学勤 《字源》 p.694

季旭昇 《說文新證》 p.624



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