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Translingual

Han character

(radical 140 +8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜廿口 (TYTR), four-corner 44601, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 1038, character 35
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31205
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1497, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3238, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+83E9

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*bɯːʔ, *bɯːʔ
*bɯːʔ
*bɯːʔ, *bɯʔ, *bɯː, *bɯːɡ
*bruː, *poːʔ, *bɯ, *bɯ
*pʰoːʔ, *pʰoʔ
*pʰɯʔ, *bɯʔ, *bɯː
*pʰɯs, *bɯːɡ
*bɯ
*pʰɯʔ, *pʰl'oːs
*boːʔ, *boːʔ, *boːʔ, *boːʔ
*boːʔ, *bɯː
*boːʔ
*boːʔ, *bɯ, *bo
*pɯʔ, *pʰoʔ, *qɯːɡ
*pʰɯ, *pʰɯː
*bɯ, *broːŋʔ, *bɯː
*bɯ
*bɯː
*bɯː
*bɯː
*bɯːs

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4
Initial () (3) (3) (3) (3)
Final () (23) (41) (136) (131)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Rising (X) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open Open
Division () I I III I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/buo/ /bʌiX/ /bɨuX/ /bək̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/buo/ /bəiX/ /biuX/ /bək̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/bo/ /bɒiX/ /biəuX/ /bək̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/bɔ/ /bəjX/ /buwX/ /bək̚/
Li
Rong
/bo/ /bᴀiX/ /biuX/ /bək̚/
Wang
Li
/bu/ /bɒiX/ /bĭəuX/ /bək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱuo/ /bʱɑ̆iX/ /bʱi̯ə̯uX/ /bʱək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
bèi fòu
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4
No. 9838 9859 9861 9875
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*bɯːʔ/ /*bɯʔ/ /*bɯː/ /*bɯːɡ/
Notes bo

Definitions

  1. herb, aromatic plant

Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(bo) (hangeul , revised bo, McCune-Reischauer po, Yale po)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(bồ, mồ)

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