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俘

俘

俘 U+4FD8, 俘
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FD8
← 俗
[U+4FD7] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 俙 →
[U+4FD9]

Translingual

Han character

俘 (radical 9 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人月弓木 (OBND), four-corner 22247, composition ⿰亻孚)

  1. prisoner of war
  2. take as prisoner

References

  • KangXi: page 105, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 697
  • Dae Jaweon: page 222, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 164, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+4FD8

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 俘

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 俘
Oracle bone script

j19199

j19200

j19201

j19202
Bronze inscriptions

b12410
Small seal script

s05882
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (孚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
殍 *brɯwʔ, *browʔ, *pʰuw
脬 *pʰruː
捊 *bruː, *buw
莩 *browʔ, *pʰuw
哹 *pu, *bu
浮 *bu
蜉 *bu
桴 *bu, *pʰuw
罦 *bu, *pʰuw
琈 *bu
粰 *bu
烰 *bu
艀 *bu
俘 *pʰuw
孚 *pʰuw
孵 *pʰuw
稃 *pʰuw
郛 *pʰuw
筟 *pʰuw

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 俘
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 滂 (2)
Final (韻) 虞 (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 芳無切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /pʰɨo/
Pan
Wuyun		 /pʰio/
Shao
Rongfen		 /pʰio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /pʰuə̆/
Li
Rong		 /pʰio/
Wang
Li		 /pʰĭu/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /pʰi̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 fū
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 俘
Reading # 1/1
No. 3355
Phonetic
component		 孚
Rime
group		 幽
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 敷
Old
Chinese		 /*pʰuw/
Notes 更古音滯後

Definitions

俘

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Japanese

Kanji

俘

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Noun

俘 ‎(hiragana とりこ, romaji toriko)

  1. prisoner, captive
  2. slave to one's emotions

Alternative forms

Korean

Hanja

俘 • ‎(bu) (hangeul 부, revised bu, McCune-Reischauer pu)

  1. captive

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