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哺

哺

哺 U+54FA, 哺
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54FA
← 哹
[U+54F9] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 哻 →
[U+54FB]

Translingual

Han character

哺 (radical 30 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 口戈十月 (RIJB), four-corner 63027, composition ⿰口甫)

References

  • KangXi: page 191, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3676
  • Dae Jaweon: page 410, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 626, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+54FA

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 哺

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 哺
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 薄故切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /buoH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /buoH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /boH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /bɔH/
Li
Rong		 /boH/
Wang
Li		 /buH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /bʱuoH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 bù
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 哺
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 bǔ
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ buH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[b]ˤa-s/
English food held in the mouth

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 哺
Reading # 1/1
No. 3444
Phonetic
component		 甫
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 捕
Old
Chinese		 /*baːs/

Definitions

哺

  1. (of birds) to feed (with food in the mouth)
  2. to feed; to nurse
  3. food being chewed in the mouth

Compounds

  • 乳哺 (rǔbǔ)
  • 反哺 (fǎnbǔ)
  • 吐哺
  • 吐哺待賢／吐哺待贤
  • 吐哺捉髮／吐哺捉发
  • 吐哺握髮／吐哺握发
  • 含哺鼓腹
  • 周公吐哺
  • 咽哺
  • 哺乳 (bǔrǔ)
  • 哺鷇
  • 嗷嗷待哺 (áo'áodàibǔ)
  • 慈烏反哺／慈乌反哺
  • 慈烏返哺／慈乌返哺
  • 握髮吐哺／握发吐哺
  • 撮哺
  • 烏哺／乌哺
  • 輟食吐哺／辍食吐哺
  • 返哺
  • 鼓腹含哺

Japanese

Kanji

哺

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

哺 (bộ, phô, bô, bu, bú, bụ, pho, phò)

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