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幅

幅

Translingual

Han character

幅 (radical 50 巾+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中月一口田 (LBMRW), four-corner 41266, composition ⿰巾畐)

References

  • KangXi: page 334, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8995
  • Dae Jaweon: page 641, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 746, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+5E45

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 幅

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 幅
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 幅 幅
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 屋 (4) 職 (134)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 方六切 彼側切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /pɨuk̚/ /pɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /piuk̚/ /pɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /piuk̚/ /piek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /puwk̚/ /pik̚/
Li
Rong		 /piuk̚/ /piək̚/
Wang
Li		 /pĭuk̚/ /pĭək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /pi̯uk̚/ /pi̯ək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 fu bi
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 幅 幅 幅
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 fú fú fú
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ pik › ‹ pjuwk › ‹ pjuwk ›
Old
Chinese		 /*p<r>ək/ /*pək/ /*pək/
English strap around the leg strap around the leg width (of cloth); wide

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 幅 幅
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 3380 3396
Phonetic
component		 畐 畐
Rime
group		 職 職
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 逼 福
Old
Chinese		 /*prɯɡ/ /*pɯɡ/

Noun

幅

  1. piece, strip, breadth of, hem

Classifier

幅

  1. classifier for textiles
  2. classifier for pictures

Japanese

Kanji

幅

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. width (of textiles)
  2. width; size of a plane, a surface
  3. counter for paintings and calligraphic works or hanging scrolls
  4. apron
  5. edge (of things)
  6. shin guard

Readings

Compounds

References

  • New Nelson: 1574
  • Halpern: 569
  • Halpern Learners: 417
  • Heisig: 407
  • Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 3f9.2
  1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
幅
はば
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

幅 ‎(hiragana はば, romaji haba)

  1. width, breadth
  2. free room
  3. difference (between two substances)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
幅
ふく
Grade: S
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 幅 ‎(pjuwk).

Pronunciation

Counter

幅 ‎(hiragana ふく, romaji -fuku)

  1. counter for scrolls

Noun

幅 ‎(hiragana ふく, romaji fuku)

  1. scroll

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja

幅 • ‎(pok) (hangeul 폭, revised pok, McCune-Reischauer p'ok)

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Vietnamese

Han character

幅 (bức, phúc)

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