Depicts a person (亻) lying down next to a dog (犬). The meaning later shifted to "crouch".
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Historical Evolution
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Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
伏 [Fú]
surname Fu
伏 [fú]
to lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush); to conceal oneself; to lie low; hottest days of summer; to submit; to concede defeat; to overcome; to subdue; volt
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
伏 ふく
Fuku surname
伏 ふし
Fushi place name
伏 ふせ
Fuse surname
CHINESE WORDS (122)
伏特 [fútè] #4,775
volt (loanword)
起伏 [qǐfú] #10,304
to move up and down
埋伏 [máifú] #7,953
to ambush
潜伏 [qiánfú] #11,925
to hide
潜伏 [qiánfú] #11,925
to hide
伏击 [fújī] #9,743
ambush
伏击 [fújī] #9,743
ambush
此起彼伏 [cǐqǐbǐfú] #47,728
up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession
千伏 [qiānfú] #47,218
kilovolt
潜伏期 [qiánfúqī] #36,418
incubation period (of disease)
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JAPANESE WORDS (105)
⭐ 伏せる [ふせる] #2,365
to turn over (face down)
目を伏せる [めをふせる] #5,412
to cast down one's eyes
突っ伏す [つっぷす] #8,669
to fall prostrate
⭐ 降伏 [こうふく] #8,967
surrender
⭐ 待ち伏せ [まちぶせ] #10,084
ambush
⭐ 潜伏 [せんぷく] #10,579
concealment
倒れ伏す [たおれふす] #12,823
to fall flat
伏す [ふす] #13,235
to bend down
うつ伏せ [うつぶせ] #14,810
lying face down
屈服 [くっぷく] #15,184
yielding
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