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抱
抱
See also: 抔
Translingual
| Stroke order | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| |||
| Shinjitai | 抱 |
|---|---|
| Simplified | 抱 |
| Traditional | 抱 |
Han character
抱 (radical 64 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手心口山 (QPRU), four-corner 57012, composition ⿰扌包)
References
- KangXi: page 423, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11917
- Dae Jaweon: page 771, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1856, character 4
- Unihan data for U+62B1
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
抱 | |
|---|---|---|
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ
- Wade-Giles: pao4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baw
- IPA (key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: pou5, bou6, paau1
- Yale: póuh, bouh, pāau
- Cantonese Pinyin: pou5, bou6, paau1
- IPA (key): /pʰou̯¹³/, /pou̯²²/, /pʰɑːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phō / pō / phāu
- Tâi-lô: phō / pō / phāu
- Phofsit Daibuun: phoi, poi, phau
- IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɤ²²/, /pɤ²²/, /pʰaʊ²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɤ⁴¹/, /pɤ⁴¹/, /pʰaʊ⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɤ²²/, /pɤ²²/, /pʰaʊ²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /pʰo³³/, /po³³/, /pʰaʊ³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤ³³/, /pɤ³³/, /pʰaʊ³³/
- Note: phō, pō - vernacular, phāu - literary.
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 抱 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 薄浩切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/bɑuX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/bɑuX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/bɑuX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/bawX/ |
| Li Rong |
/bɑuX/ |
| Wang Li |
/bɑuX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/bʱɑuX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
bào |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 抱 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
bào |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ bawX › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[m-p]ˤuʔ/ |
| English | carry in the arms |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 抱 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 268 |
| Phonetic component |
勹 |
| Rime group |
幽 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
抱 |
| Old Chinese |
/*buːʔ/ |
Definitions
抱
Compounds
References
- “Entry #3956”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese
Kanji
抱
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
抱 • (po) (hangeul 포, revised po, McCune-Reischauer p'o, Yale pho)
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Vietnamese
Han character
抱 (bão)
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Etymology
| Historical forms of the character 抱
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|---|---|---|
| Bamboo and silk script | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (勹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 袍 | *buː |
| 袌 | *buː, *buːs |
| 軳 | *buː |
| 抱 | *buːʔ |
| 勽 | *buːs, *mɯnʔ |
| 菢 | *buːs |
| 勹 | *pruː |
| 包 | *pruː |
| 胞 | *pruː, *pʰruː |
| 苞 | *pruː |
| 枹 | *pruː, *bu, *bu |
| 飽 | *pruːʔ |
| 泡 | *pʰruː, *m̥ʰruːs, *bruː |
| 炮 | *pʰruːs, *bruː |
| 皰 | *pʰruːs, *bruːs |
| 疱 | *pʰruːs, *bruːs |
| 跑 | *bruː, *bruːɡ |
| 咆 | *bruː |
| 庖 | *bruː |
| 匏 | *bruː |
| 刨 | *bruː |
| 狍 | *bruː |
| 炰 | *bruː |
| 鉋 | *bruː, *bruːs |
| 瓟 | *bruː, *bruːɡ |
| 颮 | *bruː, *pʰruːɡ |
| 鞄 | *bruː, *bruːʔ, *bruːs, *pʰruːɡ |
| 鮑 | *bruːʔ |
| 骲 | *bruːʔ, *bruːs, *bruːɡ, *pʰoːɡ |
| 玸 | *bu |
| 雹 | *bruːɡ |
| 窇 | *bruːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *buːʔ) : semantic 手 (“扌”) + phonetic 包 (OC *pruː) – hold in one’s hands. Note that 包 has the meaning of “wrap”, hence connotations of “wrap in one’s hands, embrace”.