郛 Stroke Order

郛 (fú) 1. Ancient large city outside the city walls. - 古代城圈外围的大城：～郭（外城）。 2. Definition: - 【本义】: 外城，古代指城圈外围的大城 (Outer city; in ancient times referred to the large city outside the city walls). 3. Construction: - 【造字法】: 形声。从邑，孚(fú)声。从“邑”表示与城郭有关 (Character formation: Phono-semantic; composed by the radical for city (邑) and the phonetic element (孚) indicating a relation to city walls). 4. Examples of usage: - 引用: 1. 《说文》: 郛，郭也。字亦作垺。 (In "Shuowen": 郛 is synonymous with 郭. The character is also written as 垺.) 2. 《左传·僖公十二年》: 城卫楚丘之郛。 (In "Zuo Zhuan", Year 12 of Duke Xi: The city defenses of Chuqiu's 郛.) 3. 《左传·襄公十五年》: 城成郛。 (In "Zuo Zhuan", Year 15 of Duke Xiang: The city becomes a 郛.) 4. 《左传·隐公五年》: 伐宋，入其郛。 (In "Zuo Zhuan", Year 5 of Duke Yin: Attacking Song, entering its 郛.) 5. Example phrase: - 又如: 郛郭 (Outer city. Metaphor for protection).