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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 142 +7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中戈月弓木 (LIBND), four-corner 52147, composition)

  1. mayfly
  2. kind of large insect

References

  • KangXi: page 1084, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33104
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1552, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2857, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+8709

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*brɯwʔ, *browʔ, *pʰuw
*pʰruː
*bruː, *buw
*browʔ, *pʰuw
*pu, *bu
*bu
*bu
*bu, *pʰuw
*bu, *pʰuw
*bu
*bu
*bu
*bu
*pʰuw
*pʰuw
*pʰuw
*pʰuw
*pʰuw
*pʰuw

Pronunciation


Compounds

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. mayfly
  2. large ant

Readings

Compounds


Korean

Hanja

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

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