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 <WL>弗 [fú] (书) no/not@@; (HDZ:) 矫正; 不正; 治理; 笔; (副词) 不; 祓: 除灾求福的祭祀; 怫: 悒郁, 不舒畅; (姓)  [fèi] 沸, (HDC:) 弗靡, 弗鬱
-The Shuōwén Seal form of 弗(􂍀) fú ‘straighten/rectify (arrows/etc.)’ is said to combine two bent/opposing strokes 丿(􂌽) piě left and 乀(􂍁) fú right (the middle 2 strokes ), wound round with 韦/韋(􀻀􀻁𣍄) wéi ‘opposing; flexible leather strips’ (abbrev. phonosemantic); binding the two bent/opposing central things together with leather thongs, to straighten them out (negating their opposite tendencies).
+The Shuōwén Seal form of 弗(􂍀) fú ‘straighten/rectify (arrows/etc.)’ is said to combine two bent/opposing strokes 丿(􂌽) piě left and 乀(􂍁) fú right (the middle 2 strokes ), wound round with 韦/韋(􀻀􀻁𣍄􁊶𩎴) wéi ‘opposing; flexible leather strips’ (abbrev. phonosemantic); binding the two bent/opposing central things together with leather thongs, to straighten them out (negating their opposite tendencies).
 	Compare: 绋/紼(􂔂) fú ‘hemp fiber; rope’; 弗 seems to be the old wr. of 紼, as suggested by Karlgren(AD).
 	Note: Some suppose that in old graphs the central part is 弓 ‘(laminated) archery bow’, or two bows (or arrows) bound together in a straightening frame; however, old ‘bow’ graphs look rather different.