Zi:夫

夫 [fū] man; ​丈夫 husband; ​工夫 skill; ​大夫 dàifu doctor; (HDZ:) … [fú] (​代​词) 夫​己​氏

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 夫 fū ‘(adult) man’ (​大​丈夫) combines an old form of ​大(​亣) dà ‘big man’, with a line ​一 through the top representing a ​兂 zān ‘hair-pin’ (​髮​簪) through the hair.
    Compare: ​规/​規 guī ‘(geom.) compass; pattern/rule’ (in which the 夫 shape represented the geometer's compass/drawing tool).
    Compare: ​兂(​兓) zān ‘hair-pin’ (​髮​簪), now wr. ​簪.
    Compare: ​长/​長(​𨱗) cháng/zhǎng (in old graphs, depicting a person with long hair tied back).
    “[夫] A grown up ​大 man, with a ​一 pin in his hair, to show that he is of age.” — Wieger.
    Compare: ​㚘, ​辇/​輦 niǎn ‘carriage/rickshaw (pulled/pushed by two servants/men)’.
    HDC: ​丈夫 : ​男​子; ​成​年​男​子; ​男​子; ​男​孩​子; ​妻​称夫​为​丈夫; ​大​丈夫 (​有​所​作​为​的​人), (​美​称) ​对​男​子; ​女​子​的​配​偶 (​丈夫); (​古) ​田​制​百​亩; (​旧) ​从​事​某​种​体​力​劳​动​的​人; (​旧) ​应​征​调​以​服​劳​役​的​人, (​后) ​仆​役; (​古) (​称​呼) ​兵​士, ​武​士; (​古) ​官​长; (​简​称) ​大夫; ​趺: ​足, ​脚
►references: Guǎngyùn:078.09,079.45; Wieger:60j; Karlgren:GSR101a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.521.1; Lindqvist:27; Mathews:1908; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:248.11; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:005.0.08; Wáng(1993):27; EDOC:1
►components: ​一​大​​二​人
►Cantonese: fu\
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