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伏

伏

伏 U+4F0F, 伏
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F0F
← 伎
[U+4F0E] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 伐 →
[U+4F10]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

伏 (radical 9 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人戈大 (OIK), four-corner 23234, composition ⿰亻犬)

References

  • KangXi: page 95, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 438
  • Dae Jaweon: page 202, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 119, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+4F0F

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 伏

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 伏
Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script
Bronze inscriptions

b12383
Large seal script

L37486

L37487

L37488

L25340

L25341

L25342

L25343

L25344

L25345

L25346

L25347

L25348

L25349

L25350

L25351
Small seal script

s05877
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (伏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
絥 *brɯɡs, *bɯɡ
伏 *bɯɡs, *bɯɡ
垘 *bɯːɡ
茯 *bɯɡ
洑 *bɯɡ
栿 *bɯɡ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 伏 伏
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 並 (3) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 尤 (136) 屋 (4)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 扶富切 房六切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /bɨuH/ /bɨuk̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /biuH/ /biuk̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /biəuH/ /biuk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /buwH/ /buwk̚/
Li
Rong		 /biuH/ /biuk̚/
Wang
Li		 /bĭəuH/ /bĭuk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /bʱi̯ə̯uH/ /bʱi̯uk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 fòu fú
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 伏 伏
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 fú fú
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ bjuwH › ‹ bjuwk ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[b]ək-s/ /*[b]ək/
English hatch (v.) lie prostrate

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 伏 伏
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 3331 3333
Phonetic
component		 伏 伏
Rime
group		 代 職
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 復 伏
Old
Chinese		 /*bɯɡs/ /*bɯɡ/

Definitions

伏

  1. crouch, crawl, lie hidden, conceal
  2. Short for 伏特 (fútè, “volt”).

Japanese

Kanji

伏

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. prostrated
  2. bend down
  3. bow
  4. cover
  5. lay pipes

Readings

Korean

Hanja

伏 • ‎(bok, bu) (hangeul 복, 부, revised bok, bu, McCune-Reischauer pok, pu, Yale pok, pwu, pwuk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

伏 (phục)

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