伏

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伏 U+4F0F, 伏
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F0F
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Translingual

Stroke order
6 strokes

Han character

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

Derived characters

Additional Derived Characters

References

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 伏

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 伏
Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
b12383
s05877
Transcribed ancient scripts
L37486
L37487
L37488
L25340
L25341
L25342
L25343
L25344
L25345
L25346
L25347
L25348
L25349
L25350
L25351
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 (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu 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

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 人 (“person”) + 犬 (“dog”) – meaning “prostrate”.

  • A dog at the side of a person.
  • A person adopting the position of a dog.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation 1 and 2 are related (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • buk6 - vernacular;
  • fuk6 - literary.
Note:
  • hog4 - literary;
  • pag4 - vernacular.
Rime
Character 伏
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 屋 (4)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 房六切
Baxter bjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/bɨuk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/biuk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/biuk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/buwk̚/
Li
Rong 		/biuk̚/
Wang
Li 		/bĭuk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/bʱi̯uk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		fú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fuk6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 伏
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		fú
Middle
Chinese 		‹ bjuwk ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ək/
English lie prostrate

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

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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
Reading # 2/2
No. 3333
Phonetic
component 		伏
Rime
group 		職
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		伏
Old
Chinese 		/*bɯɡ/
Definitions

伏

  1. to lie prostrate
  2. to crouch; to crawl
  3. to ambush; to lie hidden
  4. to hide; to conceal
  5. to surrender; to yield
  6. to accept; to submit; to bear; to endure
  7. to subdue
  8. to go down; to fall down
  9. to remain; to wait for
  10. to remove
  11. residence
  12. hottest days of summer
  13. (Hong Kong Cantonese) below expectation; worse than anticipated; trappy
    Synonym: 雷 (léi) (Mandarin)
  14. (obsolete) horizontal wooden bar in front of a carriage chair
  15. short for 伏特 (fútè, “volt”)
  16. alternative form of 服
  17. a surname, Fu

Synonyms

  • (to hide):
  • (hottest days of summer): 伏天 (fútiān)

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 伏
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 扶富切
Baxter bjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/bɨuH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/biuH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/biəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/buwH/
Li
Rong 		/biuH/
Wang
Li 		/bĭəuH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/bʱi̯ə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		fòu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fau6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 伏
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		fú
Middle
Chinese 		‹ bjuwH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ək-s/
English hatch (v.)

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

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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
Reading # 1/2
No. 3331
Phonetic
component 		伏
Rime
group 		代
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		復
Old
Chinese 		/*bɯɡs/
Definitions

伏

  1. (archaic or dialectal) to hatch
    伏小雞／伏小鸡   ―  6bu 5shiau-ci   ―  to hatch chicks

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 伏 – see 復 (“to return; to recover; to resume; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 復).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 伏 – see 負 (“to carry; to bear; to rely on; to load; to burden; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 負).

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 伏 – see 袱.
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 袱).
Notes:

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 伏 – see 匐.
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 匐).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji

伏

(Jōyō kanji)

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

Readings

Korean

Hanja

伏 (eumhun 엎드릴 복 (eopdeuril bok))

  1. hanja form? of 복 (“crouch, crawl, lie hidden, conceal”)

伏 (eumhun 안을 부 (aneul bu))

  1. hanja form? of 복 (“embrace, hold something in one's arms”)

Vietnamese

Han character

伏: Hán Nôm readings: phục

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