Etymology

Uncle Hanzi (汉字叔叔）
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Character: 布

English Senses For (英文): bu4
cloth / textiles / to declare, announce or proclaim / to display / to distribute or disseminate / to spread out / a Chinese family name

Simplified (簡體字):
Unicode := 5E03
GB2312-80 := B2BC

布

Simplification (簡化方法):
no simplification
traditional = simplified

Traditional (繁體字):
Unicode := 5E03
Big5 := A5AC

布
布 bu4 父 fu3 fu4 (productive phonetic)

布 remnant

Etymology (文字來源):
Remnant Primitive, a hand holding a cloth 巾 - cloth

Mandarin (普通話): Chinese

Cantonese (廣東話): Analyze

Taiwanese (臺灣話): Analyze

Shanghaiese (上海話): Analyze

Japanese (日本話): Analyze

Korean (韩国話): Analyze Listen

History of Chinese Writing

中國文字的歷史

Spoken Chinese and Other Languages

Unicode Tests

Chinese Equivalent Websites

Chinese Encoding and Conversion

Enable XP for maximum Chinese

ShuoWen: (說文解字):
枲織也從從巾父聲

Seal (說文解字裏的篆體字)

S05609

LST Seal (六書通裏的篆體字) Characters

L35986	L35987	L35988	L35989	L20594	L20595	L20596

L20597	L20598	L20599	L20600	L20601

Bronze (金文编裏的字) Characters

B12033	B12034	B12035


Oracle (甲骨文) Characters - none known

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