phonetic map : 父 fu
goulnik
January 18, 2009, 08:52 AM posted in General Discussion| fu | ||
| 父 fù father; male relative of father's generation 父亲 fùqin father 伯父 bófù father's older brother; uncle 祖父 zǔfù (paternal) grandfather |
* 父 fǔ old man 伧父 cāngfǔ vulgar person |
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| 斧 fǔ axe; hatchet 斧头 fǔtóu ax; hatchet 资斧 zīfǔ traveling expenses |
釜 fǔ cauldron 釜底游鱼 fǔdǐyóuyú sb. doomed; whose fate is sealed |
滏 Fǔ river in 河北 Héběi province ** |
** the phonetic component of 滏 is actually 釜, not 父
bendidelaowai
March 04, 2009, 06:53 AMchnagye : "The shape of "父" in oracle bone scripts is "a hand with an axe (or something like that)". by this comment you made another rainy/cludy day more sunny:)) Thx!
changye
January 18, 2009, 12:24 PMThe shape of "父" in oracle bone scripts is "a hand with an axe (or something like that)". In ancient China, a father usually worked with an axe in the hand. So the character "斧" (父 + 斤 "axe") really makes sense. Incidentally, there is another 釜-related chengyu, 釜底抽薪 (completely remove the source of trouble).