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薄
薄
Translingual
Han character
薄 (radical 140 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿水戈戈 (TEII), four-corner 44146, composition ⿱艹溥)
References
- KangXi: page 1060, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32083
- Dae Jaweon: page 1523, character 40
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3307, character 3
- Unihan data for U+8584
Chinese
simp. and trad. |
薄 |
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Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (甫) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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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 *baːɡ) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 溥 (OC *pʰaːʔ, *paːɡ).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˊ
- Wade-Giles: pao2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baur
- IPA (key): /pɑʊ̯³⁵/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ
- Wade-Giles: po2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor
- IPA (key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: bok6
- Yale: bohk
- Cantonese Pinyin: bok9
- IPA (key): /pɔːk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pho̍k
- Hakka Romanization System: pog
- Hagfa Pinyim: pog6
- IPA: /pʰok̚⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍h / po̍k
- Tâi-lô: po̍h / po̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: poih, pok
- IPA (Xiamen): /pɤʔ⁴/, /pɔk̚⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /pɤʔ²⁴/, /pɔk̚²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɤʔ¹²¹/, /pɔk̚¹²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /poʔ⁴/, /pɔk̚⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤʔ⁴/, /pɔk̚⁴/
- Note: po̍h - vernacular; po̍k - literary.
- (Hokkien)
Rime | |
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Character | 薄 |
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 |
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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Character | 薄 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
bó |
Middle Chinese |
‹ bak › |
Old Chinese |
/*[b]ˤak/ |
English | thin |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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Character | 薄 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
No. | 3487 |
Phonetic component |
甫 |
Rime group |
鐸 |
Rime subdivision |
0 |
Corresponding MC rime |
泊 |
Old Chinese |
/*baːɡ/ |
Adjective
薄
- thin (having little thickness)
Antonyms
- 厚 (hòu, “thick”)
See also
- 扁 (biǎn)
References
- “Entry #12335”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese
Kanji
薄
Readings
- Goon: ばく (baku) (non-Jōyō reading)
- Kan’on: はく (haku)
- Kun: うすい (usui), せまる (semaru)
- Nanori: いたる, すすき (susuki)
Proper noun
薄 (hiragana すすき, romaji Susuki)
- A female given name.
Compounds
References
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- Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.
Noun
薄 (katakana ススキ, romaji susuki)
- Miscanthus sinensis a.k.a. Zebra Grass
Prefix
薄 (hiragana うす, romaji usu-)
- light (pink etc.)
Korean
Hanja
薄 • (bak) (hangeul 박, revised bak, McCune-Reischauer pak, Yale pak)
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Vietnamese
Han character
薄 (bạc)
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