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亳

亳

亳 U+4EB3, 亳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EB3
← 亲
[U+4EB2] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 亴 →
[U+4EB4]

Translingual

Han character

亳 (radical 8 亠+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜口月心 (YRBP), four-corner 00714, composition ⿱⿳亠口冖乇)

  1. the name of a district in the Anhui province of China (Bozhou)
  2. capital of Yin

References

  • KangXi: page 89, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 312
  • Dae Jaweon: page 188, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 287, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+4EB3

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 亳

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 亳
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script
Oracle bone script

j13452

j13453

j13454

j13455

j13456

j13457

j13458
Bronze inscriptions

b08277

b08278

b08279
Large seal script

L38066

L38067
Small seal script

s03825
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 (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (乇) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
咤 *ʔr'aː, *ʔr'aːɡs
吒 *ʔr'aːɡs
灹 *ʔr'aːɡs
矺 *ʔr'aːɡs, *ʔl'aːb, *ʔl'aːɡ, *l̥ʰaːɡ, *ʔr'eːɡ
奼 *ʔr'aːɡs, *hr'aːʔ, *ʔl'aːɡs
侘 *hr'aː, *hr'aːɡs
詫 *hr'aːɡs
秅 *r'aː, *ʔl'aːɡs
秺 *ʔl'aːɡs
亳 *blaːɡ
托 *l̥ʰaːɡ
託 *l̥ʰaːɡ
魠 *l̥ʰaːɡ
馲 *l̥ʰaːɡ, *raːɡ, *ʔr'aːɡ
侂 *l̥ʰaːɡ
飥 *l̥ʰaːɡ
仛 *l'aːɡ
虴 *pr'aːɡ
杔 *ʔr'aːɡ
乇 *ʔr'aːɡ
宅 *r'aːɡ
厇 *ʔr'eːɡ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 亳
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 鐸 (104)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 傍各切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /bwɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /bʷɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /buɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /bwak̚/
Li
Rong		 /buɑk̚/
Wang
Li		 /buɑk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /bʱwɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 bó
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 亳
Reading # 1/1
No. 16914
Phonetic
component		 乇
Rime
group		 鐸
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 泊
Old
Chinese		 /*blaːɡ/

Definitions

亳

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Usage notes

The "bó" reading is used in the People's Republic of China while the "bò" reading is used in Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

亳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

亳 • ‎(bak) (hangeul 박, revised bak, McCune-Reischauer pak)

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