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仆
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to fall forward

HSK 7
Human →Relations
pū
フ
たお.れる
부
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 卜 represents the sound. Simplified form of 僕.
Components
亻 person (side)+ 卜 divination =
仆 to fall forward
亻 Meaning component
rén person (side)
亻 is a component form of 人.
卜 Phonetic component
bo divination
see 蘿蔔|萝卜[luó​bo]
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Notes
Similar Characters
亿 hundred million (simp)什 what?仁 benevolence仃 solitary仅 solely (simp)仇 animosity仍 still仔 meticulous仕 official他 he仗 battle仙 immortal仟 one thousand代 generation仫 tribe (alt)们 plural (simp)仰 look up to仲 mid-仳 part仵 similar
Historical Evolution
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
仆
Regular
Modern
Chinese
仆 [pū]
to fall forward; to fall prostrate
仆 / 僕 [pú]
servant
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (19)
仆人 [pú​rén] #4,670
servant
女仆 [nǚ​pú] #6,857
female servant
公仆 [gōng​pú] #23,050
public servant
风尘仆仆 [fēng​chén​pú​pú] #51,057
lit. covered in dust (idiom)
奴仆 [nú​pú] #24,075
servant
前仆后继 [qián​pū​hòu​jì] #43,394
one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades
前仆后继 [qián​pū​hòu​jì] #43,394
one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades
主仆 [zhǔ​pú] #46,693
master and servant
仆役 [pú​yì] #37,549
servant
太仆 [tài​pú] #45,069
Grand Servant in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiǔ​qīng]
9 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (4)
⭐ 倒れる [たおれる] #758
to fall (over, down)
⭐ 倒す [たおす] #1,353
to throw down
倒る [たおる] #191,206
to fall
斃仆 [へいふ]
falling dead