fú
exorcise
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
fú
exorcise, remove evil; clean; to cleanse; to remove evil; ritual for seeking good fortune and avoiding disaster
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*pʰut | phjut | fèi | CHECK |
*po[t]-s | pjojH | fèi | expel noxious influences |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
6423rd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Unicode | U+7953 |
Shuowen | “祓，除惡祭也。从示，犮聲。” |
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