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Note: 甫 was a nominal suffix of respect, apparently related to 父() fù ‘father’, and also 傅() fù (as in 师傅 ‘master/teacher’), and 夫() fū (as in 丈夫 ‘man; husband’); 甫 was formerly also used for 尃() fū ‘grant/give, spread/publish’, later wr. 𢾭() fū ‘grant/give’, later wr. 旉/敷; the chain/variety of forms was meant to distinguish various meanings now assoc. with 敷 from those now assoc. with 甫. | Note: 甫 was a nominal suffix of respect, apparently related to 父() fù ‘father’, and also 傅() fù (as in 师傅 ‘master/teacher’), and 夫() fū (as in 丈夫 ‘man; husband’); 甫 was formerly also used for 尃() fū ‘grant/give, spread/publish’, later wr. 𢾭() fū ‘grant/give’, later wr. 旉/敷; the chain/variety of forms was meant to distinguish various meanings now assoc. with 敷 from those now assoc. with 甫. | ||
Note: According to DYC, 甫 was used to address any adult man, and also meant 大 ‘adult man’, and 始 ‘begin’ because adult life began at 20 (冠礼); it was later conflated with the “字”, 且字 ‘style’, which in Zhōu times was the name chosen at the age of 20 and used until 50, after which a man was addressed as 伯 or 仲, depending on his 伯仲叔季 seniority in the family. | Note: According to DYC, 甫 was used to address any adult man, and also meant 大 ‘adult man’, and 始 ‘begin’ because adult life began at 20 (冠礼); it was later conflated with the “字”, 且字 ‘style’, which in Zhōu times was the name chosen at the age of 20 and used until 50, after which a man was addressed as 伯 or 仲, depending on his 伯仲叔季 seniority in the family. | ||
| − | Compare: 圃() pǔ ‘vegetable garden’, formerly also wr. 甫; 邦(𨛝𤰫). | + | Compare: 簠() fǔ ‘anc. ritual grain vessel’; 圃() pǔ ‘vegetable garden’, formerly also wr. 甫; 邦(𨛝𤰫). |
Compare: 辅/輔() fǔ ‘spoke reinforcements’; 輔 fǔ ‘assist/help’ was formerly wr. 俌(), itself app. formerly wr. 甫 (give/help). | Compare: 辅/輔() fǔ ‘spoke reinforcements’; 輔 fǔ ‘assist/help’ was formerly wr. 俌(), itself app. formerly wr. 甫 (give/help). | ||
“Personal name taken at 20 years; name; ‘style’; begin, at first, just — the seal has 用 signific and 父 phonetic, the latter badly distorted in the modern form” —Karlgren. | “Personal name taken at 20 years; name; ‘style’; begin, at first, just — the seal has 用 signific and 父 phonetic, the latter badly distorted in the modern form” —Karlgren. | ||
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