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俯

俯

俯 U+4FEF, 俯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FEF
← 修
[U+4FEE] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 俰 →
[U+4FF0]
See also: 頫

Translingual

Han character

俯 (radical 9 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人戈人戈 (OIOI), four-corner 20240, composition ⿰亻府)

  1. bow down, face down, look down

References

  • KangXi: page 106, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 722
  • Dae Jaweon: page 226, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 182, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+4FEF

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 俯

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 俯
Large seal script

L14939

L14935

L14936

L14937

L14938
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 (付) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
鉜 *bu
跗 *po, *bos
柎 *po
腑 *poʔ
俯 *poʔ
府 *poʔ
付 *pos
咐 *pos
怤 *pʰo
泭 *pʰo, *bo
姇 *pʰo
紨 *pʰo
拊 *pʰoʔ
弣 *pʰoʔ
符 *bo
苻 *bo
坿 *bo, *bos
腐 *boʔ
附 *bos
駙 *bos
鮒 *bos
袝 *bos
蚹 *bos
胕 *bos

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 俯
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 虞 (24)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 方矩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /pɨoX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /pioX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /pioX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /puə̆X/
Li
Rong		 /pioX/
Wang
Li		 /pĭuX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /pi̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 fǔ
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 俯
Reading # 1/1
No. 3510
Phonetic
component		 付
Rime
group		 侯
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 甫
Old
Chinese		 /*poʔ/
Notes 訓讀同頫

Definitions

俯

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Japanese

Kanji

俯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. to bend down
  2. to lie down

Readings

  • On: ふ (fu)
  • Kun: ふ.す (俯す, fu.su) (rare), ふ.せる (俯せる, fu.seru) (rare), うつむ.く (俯く, utsumu.ku), うつむき (utsumuki), うつむけ (utsumuke), うつぶ.く (俯く, utsubu.ku), うつぶき (utsubuki), うつぶけ (utsubuke), うつぶし (utsubushi). うつぶせ (utsubuse)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

俯 (phủ)

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References

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