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匐

匐

匐 U+5310, 匐
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5310
← 匏
[U+530F] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 匑 →
[U+5311]

Translingual

Han character

匐 (radical 20 勹+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 心一口田 (PMRW), four-corner 27620, composition ⿹勹畐)

  1. fall prostrate
  2. crawl

References

  • KangXi: page 151, character 34
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2545
  • Dae Jaweon: page 341, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 260, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5310

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 匐

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 匐
Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (畐) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
富 *pɯɡs
輻 *pɯɡs, *pɯɡ
副 *pʰɯɡs, *pʰrɯɡ, *pʰɯɡ
褔 *pʰɯɡs
蔔 *bɯːɡ
匐 *bɯːɡ, *bɯɡ
逼 *prɯɡ
偪 *prɯɡ, *pɯɡ
幅 *prɯɡ, *pɯɡ
楅 *prɯɡ, *pɯɡ
湢 *prɯɡ
堛 *pʰrɯɡ
愊 *pʰrɯɡ
踾 *pʰrɯɡ, *brɯɡ, *pɯɡ
揊 *pʰrɯɡ
稫 *pʰrɯɡ
畐 *pʰrɯɡ, *bɯɡ
疈 *pʰrɯɡ
腷 *brɯɡ
鶝 *brɯɡ, *pɯɡ
福 *pɯɡ
蝠 *pɯɡ
葍 *pɯɡ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 匐 匐
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 並 (3) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 屋 (4) 德 (131)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 房六切 蒲北切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /bɨuk̚/ /bək̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /biuk̚/ /bək̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /biuk̚/ /bək̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /buwk̚/ /bək̚/
Li
Rong		 /biuk̚/ /bək̚/
Wang
Li		 /bĭuk̚/ /bək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /bʱi̯uk̚/ /bʱək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 fú bó
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 匐 匐
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 fú fú
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ bjuwk › ‹ bok ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[b]ək/ /*[b]ˤək/ (< *[b]ˤuk ?)
English crawl (bu.bjuwk) crawl

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 匐 匐
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 3377 3406
Phonetic
component		 畐 畐
Rime
group		 職 職
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 菔 伏
Old
Chinese		 /*bɯːɡ/ /*bɯɡ/

Definitions

匐

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Compounds

  • 匍匐 (púfú)
  • 匍匐之救
  • 匍匐前進／匍匐前进
  • 匍匐奔喪／匍匐奔丧
  • 匍匐莖／匍匐茎
  • 壽陵匍匐／寿陵匍匐

References

Japanese

Kanji

匐

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

匐 • ‎(bok) (hangeul 복, revised bok, McCune-Reischauer pok)

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