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佈

佈

佈 U+4F48, 佈
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F48
← 佇
[U+4F47] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 佉 →
[U+4F49]
See also: 布

Translingual

Han character

佈 (radical 9 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人大中月 (OKLB), four-corner 24227, composition ⿰亻布)

  1. spread, publicize, announce

References

  • KangXi: page 98, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 497
  • Dae Jaweon: page 206, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 131, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+4F48

Chinese

trad. 佈/布
simp. 布

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 佈
Large seal script

L35990

L35991
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 (父) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
抪 *paː, *paːs
布 *paːs
佈 *paːs
怖 *pʰaːs
斧 *paʔ
父 *paʔ, *baʔ
蚥 *paʔ, *baʔ
滏 *baʔ
釜 *baʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 佈
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 愽故切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /puoH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /puoH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /poH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /pɔH/
Li
Rong		 /poH/
Wang
Li		 /puH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /puoH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 bù
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 佈
Reading # 1/1
No. 3496
Phonetic
component		 父
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese		 /*paːs/

Definitions

佈

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Japanese

Kanji

佈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Korean

Hanja

佈 • ‎(po) (hangeul 포, revised po, McCune-Reischauer p'o)

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Vietnamese

Han character

佈 (bố, bô)

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