甫

Glyph origin
In oracle bone script, – garden, original form of.

In bronze inscriptions, the components and  corrupted into  and  respectively. became a sound component, making the character.

In the modern form the components have merged into a single shape.

Etymology 1
Probably cognate with.

Definitions

 * 1)  courtesy name of a man
 * 1)  courtesy name of a man

Etymology 2
. Cognate with. Also compare 🇨🇬 words for “to begin”: 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1)  to begin
 * 2)  just; just now

Etymology 3
. Endoactive of a root *PA(ʔ). Cognate with, , , ,. Also compare 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1)  great

Definitions

 * 1)  to fuck; to have sexual intercourse with

Kanji

 * 1) for the first time; not until