U+530D "匍" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+530D "匍" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to crawl" or "to creep," often used in classical and modern contexts to describe moving on hands and knees, as in the phrase "匍匐" (púfú), which conveys a deliberate, low posture of movement or supplication. It is a compound ideograph composed of the radical "勹" (wrap or enclose) and the phonetic component "甫," suggesting a sense of bending forward or hugging the ground. In historical texts, it appears in descriptions of battlefield maneuvers or reverential gestures, emphasizing humility or stealth. The character belongs to the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideographs block and is used across these languages with similar meanings, though its frequency is moderate outside specialized or literary usage.