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搏

搏

Translingual

Han character

搏 (radical 64 手+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手戈月戈 (QIBI), four-corner 53042, composition ⿰扌尃)

  1. seize
  2. spring upon
  3. strike

References

  • KangXi: page 446, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12466
  • Dae Jaweon: page 796, character 34
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1930, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+640F

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 搏

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (甫) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
豧 *pʰoːs, *pʰa, *pʰas
縛 *baːɡs, *baɡ
逋 *paː
餔 *paː, *baːs
晡 *paː
庯 *paː
陠 *paː, *pʰaː
鵏 *paː, *baːs
峬 *paː
誧 *paː, *pʰaː, *pʰaːʔ, *pʰaːs
秿 *paː, *pʰa, *baʔ
鯆 *paː, *pʰaː, *paʔ
補 *paːʔ
圃 *paːʔ, *paːs
鋪 *pʰaː, *pʰaːs, *pʰa
痡 *pʰaː, *pʰa
浦 *pʰaːʔ
烳 *pʰaːʔ
溥 *pʰaːʔ, *paːɡ
悑 *pʰaːs
酺 *baː
匍 *baː
蜅 *baː, *paʔ
脯 *baː, *paʔ
葡 *baː
蒱 *baː
蒲 *baː
簿 *baːʔ, *baːɡ
捕 *baːs
哺 *baːs
簠 *pa, *paʔ, *pʰas
甫 *paʔ
黼 *paʔ
莆 *paʔ
俌 *paʔ, *pʰaʔ
郙 *paʔ, *pʰa
傅 *paɡs
搏 *paɡs, *paːɡ, *pʰaːɡ
麱 *pʰa
尃 *pʰa
榑 *ba
輔 *baʔ
鬴 *baʔ
賻 *baɡs
博 *paːɡ
髆 *paːɡ
鎛 *paːɡ
猼 *paːɡ
餺 *paːɡ
簙 *paːɡ
鑮 *paːɡ, *baːɡ
欂 *paːɡ, *baɡ, *breːɡ
蒪 *pʰaːɡ
膊 *pʰaːɡ
薄 *baːɡ
礡 *baːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *paɡs, *paːɡ, *pʰaːɡ) : semantic 手 ‎(“hand”) + phonetic 尃 ‎(OC *pʰa).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 搏 搏 搏
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 滂 (2) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 虞 (24) 鐸 (104) 鐸 (104)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed Closed
Division (等) III I I
Fanqie 方遇切 匹各切 補各切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /pɨoH/ /pʰwɑk̚/ /pwɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /pioH/ /pʰʷɑk̚/ /pʷɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /pioH/ /pʰuɑk̚/ /puɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /puə̆H/ /pʰwak̚/ /pwak̚/
Li
Rong		 /pioH/ /pʰuɑk̚/ /puɑk̚/
Wang
Li		 /pĭuH/ /pʰuɑk̚/ /puɑk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /pi̯uH/ /pʰwɑk̚/ /pwɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 fù po bo
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 搏 搏
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 bó bó
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ pak › ‹ pjuH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*pˤak/ /*p(r)ak-s/
English strike strike

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 搏 搏 搏
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 3458 3475 3486
Phonetic
component		 甫 甫 甫
Rime
group		 暮 鐸 鐸
Rime
subdivision		 0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 付 博 𩔈
Old
Chinese		 /*paɡs/ /*paːɡ/ /*pʰaːɡ/

Definitions

搏

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Compounds

  • 弄鬼搏沙
  • 徒搏
  • 心搏 (xīnbó)
  • 搏動／搏动 (bódòng)
  • 搏命
  • 搏影
  • 搏戰／搏战
  • 搏手
  • 搏手無策／搏手无策
  • 搏拊 (bófǔ)
  • 搏擊／搏击 (bójī)
  • 搏杖
  • 搏殺／搏杀
  • 搏煉／搏炼
  • 搏砂煉汞／搏砂炼汞
  • 搏膺
  • 搏風／搏风
  • 搏香弄粉
  • 搏髀
  • 搏鬥／搏斗 (bódòu)
  • 放手一搏
  • 獅子搏兔／狮子搏兔
  • 相搏
  • 肉搏
  • 肉搏戰／肉搏战
  • 脈搏／脉搏 (màibó)
  • 螳螂搏蟬／螳螂搏蝉

Japanese

Kanji

搏

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

搏 • ‎(bak) (hangeul 박, revised bak, McCune-Reischauer pak, Yale pak)

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Vietnamese

Han character

搏 (vác, bác)

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