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傅

傅

傅 U+5085, 傅
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5085
← 傄
[U+5084] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 傆 →
[U+5086]

Translingual

Han character

傅 (radical 9 人+10, 12 strokes, cangjie input 人戈月戈 (OIBI), four-corner 23242, composition ⿰亻尃)

References

  • KangXi: page 112, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 939
  • Dae Jaweon: page 240, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 201, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5085

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 傅

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 傅
Bronze inscriptions

b12301
Large seal script

L36059

L36060

L36061

L36062

L36063

L36064

L36065

L36066

L36067

L36068

L36069

L36070

L20804

L20805

L20806

L20807

L20808

L20809

L20810

L20811

L20812
Small seal script

s05757
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 (甫) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
豧 *pʰoːs, *pʰa, *pʰas
縛 *baːɡs, *baɡ
逋 *paː
餔 *paː, *baːs
晡 *paː
庯 *paː
陠 *paː, *pʰaː
鵏 *paː, *baːs
峬 *paː
誧 *paː, *pʰaː, *pʰaːʔ, *pʰaːs
秿 *paː, *pʰa, *baʔ
鯆 *paː, *pʰaː, *paʔ
補 *paːʔ
圃 *paːʔ, *paːs
鋪 *pʰaː, *pʰaːs, *pʰa
痡 *pʰaː, *pʰa
浦 *pʰaːʔ
烳 *pʰaːʔ
溥 *pʰaːʔ, *paːɡ
悑 *pʰaːs
酺 *baː
匍 *baː
蜅 *baː, *paʔ
脯 *baː, *paʔ
葡 *baː
蒱 *baː
蒲 *baː
簿 *baːʔ, *baːɡ
捕 *baːs
哺 *baːs
簠 *pa, *paʔ, *pʰas
甫 *paʔ
黼 *paʔ
莆 *paʔ
俌 *paʔ, *pʰaʔ
郙 *paʔ, *pʰa
傅 *paɡs
搏 *paɡs, *paːɡ, *pʰaːɡ
麱 *pʰa
尃 *pʰa
榑 *ba
輔 *baʔ
鬴 *baʔ
賻 *baɡs
博 *paːɡ
髆 *paːɡ
鎛 *paːɡ
猼 *paːɡ
餺 *paːɡ
簙 *paːɡ
鑮 *paːɡ, *baːɡ
欂 *paːɡ, *baɡ, *breːɡ
蒪 *pʰaːɡ
膊 *pʰaːɡ
薄 *baːɡ
礡 *baːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *paɡs) : semantic 人 ‎(“man”) + phonetic 尃 ‎(OC *pʰa).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 傅
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 虞 (24)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 方遇切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /pɨoH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /pioH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /pioH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /puə̆H/
Li
Rong		 /pioH/
Wang
Li		 /pĭuH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /pi̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 fù
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 傅 傅
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 fù fù
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ bjuH › ‹ pjuH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[b](r)[a]-s/ /*p(r)a(ʔ)-s/
English be attached teacher

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 傅
Reading # 1/1
No. 3457
Phonetic
component		 甫
Rime
group		 暮
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 付
Old
Chinese		 /*paɡs/

Noun

傅

  1. tutor, teacher
  2. A surname​.

Verb

傅

  1. to assist (or perhaps more broadly enhance, bolster, etc.)

Japanese

Kanji

傅

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

傅 • ‎(bu) (hangeul 부, revised bu, McCune-Reischauer pu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

傅 (phó)

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