伏

伏 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人戈大 (OIK), four-corner 2323₄, composition ⿰亻犬)

• 垘, 洑, 栿, 袱, 絥, 䟮, 鮲, 茯, 覄, 𰂐

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 95, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 438
• Dae Jaweon: page 202, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 119, character 4
• Unihan data for U+4F0F

Historical forms of the character 伏
Western Zhou	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Bronze inscriptions b12383 Small seal script s05877 Transcribed ancient scripts L37486 L37487 L37488 L25340 L25341 L25342 L25343 L25344 L25345 L25346 L25347 L25348 L25349 L25350 L25351
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 人 (“person”) + 犬 (“dog”) – meaning “prostrate”.

• A dog at the side of a person.
• A person adopting the position of a dog.

伏

1. to lie prostrate
2. to crouch; to crawl
3. to ambush; to lie hidden

   • 夫大國難測也，懼有伏焉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     夫大国难测也，惧有伏焉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Fū dàguó náncè yě, jù yǒu fú yān. [Pinyin]

     It is difficult to fathom the moves of a great state, and I feared an ambush.

4. to hide; to conceal
5. to surrender; to yield
6. to accept; to submit; to bear; to endure
7. to subdue
8. to go down; to fall down
9. to remain; to wait for
10. to remove

    • 屠羊說曰：「大王失國，非臣之罪，故不敢伏其誅；大王反國，非臣之功，故不敢當其賞。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
      屠羊说曰：「大王失国，非臣之罪，故不敢伏其诛；大王反国，非臣之功，故不敢当其赏。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

      From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

      Tú yáng Yuè yuē: “Dàiwang shī guó, fēi chén zhī zuì, gù bùgǎn fú qí zhū; dàiwang fǎn guó, fēi chén zhī gōng, gù bùgǎn dāng qí shǎng.” [Pinyin]

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11. residence
12. hottest days of summer
13. (Hong Kong Cantonese) below expectation; worse than anticipated; trappy

    Synonym: 雷 (léi) (Mandarin)

14. (obsolete) horizontal wooden bar in front of a carriage chair
15. Short for 伏特 (fútè, “volt”).
16. Alternative form of 服
17. a surname: Fu

• (to hide):

• (hottest days of summer): 伏天 (fútiān)

伏

1. (archaic or dialectal) to hatch

   伏小雞／伏小鸡 [Shanghainese]  ―  ⁶bu ⁵shiau-ci [Wugniu]  ―  to hatch chicks

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. prostrated
2. bend down
3. bow
4. cover
5. lay pipes

• Go-on: ぶく (buku)
• Kan-on: ふく (fuku, Jōyō)
• On: ふう (fū)
• Kun: ふす (fusu, 伏す, Jōyō); ふせる (fuseru, 伏せる, Jōyō); したがう (shitagau, 伏う)
• Nanori: ぶせ (buse)

伏 (eumhun 엎드릴 복 (eopdeuril bok))

1. Hanja form^? of 복 (“crouch, crawl, lie hidden, conceal”).

伏 (eumhun 안을 부 (aneul bu))

1. Hanja form^? of 복 (“embrace, hold something in one's arms”).

伏: Hán Nôm readings: phục

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