匐

Information about character(s)

Radical: 勹
Radical Strokes: 2
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 11

Pronunciation

Pinyin: fú
Cantonese: baak6
JapaneseKun: HARABAU
JapaneseOn: HOKU FUKU BOKU
Korean: POK
Vietnamese: bặc

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: fall prostrate; crawl

CE-Dict: fall prostrate

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to lie prostrate; to prostrate
2.to crawl; to creep

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《勹部》匐伏地也。从勹畐聲。

康熙字典文字版 【子集下】【勹字部】匐
【唐韻】蒲北切【集韻】【韻會】鼻墨切【正韻】步黑切，𠀤音蔔。【說文】伏地也。从勹，畐聲。【詩·大雅】誕實匍匐。【註】兒以手行也。又盡力奔趨往也。【詩·邶風】凡民有喪，匍匐救之。【箋】盡力也。又作服。【史記·范雎傳】膝行蒲服。【前漢·霍光傳】扶服叩頭。又作伏。【前漢·韓信傳】俛出袴下，蒲伏。又【集韻】步木切，音僕。義同。【集韻】或作𠣵。
考證：〔【詩·邶風】匍匐救之。【箋】盡方也。〕　謹照原文方改力。

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