黼

黼 · fǔ

embroidered official or sacrificial robe

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
fǔ
Cantonese
fu2
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

embroidered official or sacrificial robe

Dictionary definitions & readings

黼 fǔ · (archaic) motif of axes with black handles and white heads, a symbol of authority embroidered on ceremonial robes

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74738.050:fǔ Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0341.020:fǔ Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
102.100:fǔ Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
fǔ粵fu2 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
フ ホ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
보:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
方矩 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TBIJB Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
3322.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1523.040 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
261.01 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0102t Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9EFC
Radical
黹 · 204
Strokes
19
Residual strokes
7
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6381

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

19 strokes
黼
Strokes
19
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

19 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
pjuX · 方矩 · 遇合三上虞幫 · #1354

PHONO-ML, source line 9651; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1564.601
kDaeJaweon
2058.150
kGSR
0102t
kHanYu
74738.050
kIRGDaeJaweon
2058.150
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74738.050
kIRGKangXi
1523.040
kKangXi
1523.040
kKarlgren
49
kMatthews
1947
kMeyerWempe
553h
kMorohashi
48252 48252:E0101
kSBGY
261.01
kSMSZD2003Index
827.10
kCangjie
TBIJB
kFourCornerCode
3322.7
kMojiJoho
MJ029949 MJ029949:E0101 MJ029950:E0102
kPhonetic
386
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-6D6B
kIRG_HSource
HB2-F3F5
kIRG_JSource
J0-7365
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-915F
kIRG_KSource
K1-6222
kIRG_TSource
T2-6862
kRSUnicode
204.7
kTotalStrokes
19
kBigFive
F3F5
kCCCII
235E77
kCNS1986
2-6862
kCNS1992
2-6862
kEACC
235E77
kGB0
7775
kGB1
7775
kJis0
8369
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
7834
kTGH
2013:6381
kTaiwanTelegraph
7834
kXerox
301:115
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+7448+204.12.7
kCantonese
fu2
kDefinition
embroidered official or sacrificial robe
kFanqie
方矩
kHangul
보:1N
kHanyuPinyin
74738.050:fǔ
kJapanese
フ ホ
kJapaneseKun
AYA
kJapaneseOn
HO FU
kKorean
PO
kMandarin
fǔ
kSMSZD2003Readings
fǔ粵fu2
kTGHZ2013
102.100:fǔ
kXHC1983
0341.020:fǔ

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 黼0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
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Shape description
黹 beside 甫 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰黹甫$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰黹甫$(GHTJKP)

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