伏

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

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

References

  • KangXi: 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




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).

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

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

Pronunciation 1


Note:
  • buk6 - vernacular;
  • fuk6 - literary.
Note:
  • hog4 - literary;
  • pag4 - vernacular.

Rime
Character 伏
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 東 (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/
Bernard
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
/*[b]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. *[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
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. (obsolete) horizontal wooden bar in front of a carriage chair
  14. Short for 伏特 (fútè, “volt”).
  15. Alternative form of 服 (fú).
  16. a surname

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/
Bernard
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
/*[b]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. *[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
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 [Shanghainese]  ―  [b̥v̩ʷ³³  ɕiɔ³³ t͡ɕi⁴⁴] [IPA]  ―  to hatch chicks

Compounds

  • 伏卵
  • 伏抱
  • 伏雌
  • 伏雞/伏鸡

Etymology 2

From 中伏 (zung3 fuk6), short for 中埋伏 (“to be ambushed; to fall in traps”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

伏

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) below expectation; worse than anticipated; trappy
Synonyms
  • (Mandarin) 雷 (léi)

Etymology 3

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

Etymology 4

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

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 伏 – see 袱 (“a piece of cloth used to wrap bundles”).
(This character, 伏, is the second-round simplified form of 袱.)
Notes:

Etymology 6

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

Japanese

Kanji

伏

(common “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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