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薄

薄

Translingual

Han character

薄 (radical 140 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿水戈戈 (TEII), four-corner 44146, composition ⿱艹溥)

  1. thin, slight, weak
  2. poor, stingy
  3. A surname​.

References

  • KangXi: page 1060, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32083
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1523, character 40
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3307, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+8584

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 薄

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 *baːɡ) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 溥 ‎(OC *pʰaːʔ, *paːɡ).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 薄
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 鐸 (104)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 傍各切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /bwɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /bʷɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /buɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /bwak̚/
Li
Rong		 /buɑk̚/
Wang
Li		 /buɑk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /bʱwɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 bó
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 薄
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 bó
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ bak ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[b]ˤak/
English thin

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 薄
Reading # 1/1
No. 3487
Phonetic
component		 甫
Rime
group		 鐸
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 泊
Old
Chinese		 /*baːɡ/

Adjective

薄

  1. thin (having little thickness)

Antonyms

  • 厚 (hòu, “thick”)

See also

References

Japanese

Kanji

薄

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. thin, weak, sparse
  2. dilute
  3. weak (tea)

Readings

Proper noun

薄 ‎(hiragana すすき, romaji Susuki)

  1. A female given name.

Compounds

References

  • New Nelson: 5225
  • Halpern: 2370
  • Halpern Learners: 1534
  • Heisig: 227
  • Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 3k13.11
  1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

Noun

薄 ‎(katakana ススキ, romaji susuki)

  1. Miscanthus sinensis a.k.a. Zebra Grass

Prefix

薄 ‎(hiragana うす, romaji usu-)

  1. light (pink etc.)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

薄 (bạc)

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