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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 32 +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土竹弓戈 (GHNI), four-corner 47110, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 234, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5286
  • Dae Jaweon: page 472, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 465, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+5838

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*b·ruːm
*b·uːm
*pʰomʔ
*pʰoms, *bum
*bom
*bom, *boms
*bom, *boms
*bomʔ
*bloms, *bum
*boːŋ, *bum
*plum, *plums
*plum
*plum
*plum
*plum
*plum
*plum
*plums
*blum
*blum
*bums

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (3)
Final () (2)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bɨuŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/biuŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/biuŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/buwŋ/
Li
Rong
/biuŋ/
Wang
Li
/bĭuŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯uŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
féng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 2933
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*blum/

Definitions

  1. insect nest

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings