Zi Collection, Page Position: Lower
Radical: Wrap (bāo)
Pronounced fú (entering tone)
Kangxi Stroke Count: 11
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Pronounced pū bei (falling tone), bì mò (entering tone), bù hēi (entering tone). Pronunciation same as "bǔ".
Explanation: To prostrate oneself on the ground. The character is composed of "bāo" and "fú", where "fú" indicates the pronunciation.
"Great Odes (Daya)" from the Book of Odes (Shijing) contains the phrase "dàn shí pū fú". Note: Refers to an infant crawling on hands and knees.
Also means to run with all one's might. "All the people, when there is a disaster, will crawl to save them" — Book of Odes (Shijing), section "Bei Feng". Annotation: Explained as exerting all one's strength.
Also written as "fú". "Kneeling and crawling" — Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), biography of Fan Sui. Written as "fú fú kòu tóu" — Book of Han (Qian Hanshu), biography of Huo Guang.
Also written as "fú". "Humbly crawled out from under his trousers, prostrating himself" — Book of Han (Qian Hanshu), biography of Han Xin.
Also, pronounced bù mù (entering tone). Pronunciation same as "pū". Meaning is the same.
In "Jiyun", it is sometimes written with other forms.
Textual research: "All the people, when there is a disaster, will crawl to save them" — Book of Odes (Shijing), section "Bei Feng". Annotation: Originally mistakenly written as "jìn fāng yě", now corrected to "jìn lì yě" according to the original text.