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Translingual

Han character

(radical 146 西+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 一田竹人水 (MWHOE), four-corner 10247, composition)

Related characters

References

  • KangXi: page 1129, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34789
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1598, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2808, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+8986

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*brɯɡ
*puɡs, *puɡ
*pʰuɡs, *buɡs, *pʰɯːɡ, *pʰuɡ
*buɡs, *buɡ
*buɡs, *buɡ
*buɡs, *puɡ
*brɯɡ, *buɡ
*puɡ
*puɡ, *buɡ
*pʰuɡ
*pʰuɡ, *buɡ
*buɡ
*buɡ
*buɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *pʰuɡs, *buɡs, *pʰɯːɡ, *pʰuɡ) : semantic  + phonetic  (OC *buɡs, *buɡ).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4
Initial () (2) (3) (2) (2)
Final () (136) (136) (4) (131)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open Open
Division () III III III I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pʰɨuH/ /bɨuH/ /pʰɨuk̚/ /pʰək̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/pʰiuH/ /biuH/ /pʰiuk̚/ /pʰək̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/pʰiəuH/ /biəuH/ /pʰiuk̚/ /pʰək̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pʰuwH/ /buwH/ /pʰuwk̚/ /pʰək̚/
Li
Rong
/pʰiuH/ /biuH/ /pʰiuk̚/ /pʰək̚/
Wang
Li
/pʰĭəuH/ /bĭəuH/ /pʰĭuk̚/ /pʰək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pʰi̯ə̯uH/ /bʱi̯ə̯uH/ /pʰi̯uk̚/ /pʰək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fòu fòu fu po
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ phjuwH › ‹ phjuwk ›
Old
Chinese
/*pʰ(r)uk-s/ /*pʰ(r)uk/
English cover turn over

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
Reading # 1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4
No. 3536 3540 3541 3548
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1 0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*pʰuɡs/ /*buɡs/ /*pʰɯːɡ/ /*pʰuɡ/

Definitions

  1. to cover
  2. to tip over
  3. to return
  4. to reply

Compounds

References


Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(bok, bu) (hangeul , , revised bok, bu, McCune-Reischauer pok, pu, Yale pok, pu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(phúc, phú, phủ)

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