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菩
菩
Translingual
Han character
菩 (radical 140 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜廿口 (TYTR), four-corner 44601, composition ⿱艹咅)
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. |
菩 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (咅) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 蓓 | *bɯːʔ, *bɯːʔ |
| 倍 | *bɯːʔ |
| 菩 | *bɯːʔ, *bɯʔ, *bɯː, *bɯːɡ |
| 掊 | *bruː, *poːʔ, *bɯ, *bɯ |
| 剖 | *pʰoːʔ, *pʰoʔ |
| 婄 | *pʰɯʔ, *bɯʔ, *bɯː |
| 踣 | *pʰɯs, *bɯːɡ |
| 箁 | *bɯ |
| 咅 | *pʰɯʔ, *pʰl'oːs |
| 部 | *boːʔ, *boːʔ, *boːʔ, *boːʔ |
| 培 | *boːʔ, *bɯː |
| 犃 | *boːʔ |
| 瓿 | *boːʔ, *bɯ, *bo |
| 殕 | *pɯʔ, *pʰoʔ, *qɯːɡ |
| 醅 | *pʰɯ, *pʰɯː |
| 棓 | *bɯ, *broːŋʔ, *bɯː |
| 涪 | *bɯ |
| 賠 | *bɯː |
| 陪 | *bɯː |
| 毰 | *bɯː |
| 焙 | *bɯːs |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ
- Wade-Giles: p'u2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pwu
- IPA (key): /pʰu³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: pou4
- Yale: pòuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: pou4
- IPA (key): /pʰou̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 菩 | 菩 | 菩 | 菩 |
| Reading # | 1/4 | 2/4 | 3/4 | 4/4 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) | 並 (3) | 並 (3) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) | 咍 (41) | 尤 (136) | 德 (131) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I | III | I |
| Fanqie | 薄胡切 | 薄亥切 | 房久切 | 蒲北切 |
| 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 |
pú | bèi | fòu | bó |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 菩 | 菩 | 菩 | 菩 |
| Reading # | 1/4 | 2/4 | 3/4 | 4/4 |
| No. | 9838 | 9859 | 9861 | 9875 |
| Phonetic component |
咅 | 咅 | 咅 | 咅 |
| Rime group |
之 | 之 | 之 | 職 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
倍 | 婦 | 酺 | 菔 |
| Old Chinese |
/*bɯːʔ/ | /*bɯʔ/ | /*bɯː/ | /*bɯːɡ/ |
| Notes | 中古梵譯bo | |||
Definitions
菩
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
菩
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
- Goon: ぼく (boku), ぶ (bu)
- Kan’on: ほく (hoku), ふう (fū), ほ (ho)
- Kan’yōon: ぼ (bo)
- On (unclassified): はい (hai)
- Kun: ほとけぐさ (hotokegusa)
Korean
Hanja
菩 • (bo) (hangeul 보, revised bo, McCune-Reischauer po, Yale po)
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Vietnamese
Han character
菩 (bồ, mồ)
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