勃

勃

See also: 艴

勃 U+52C3, 勃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52C3 ← 勂 [U+52C2] CJK Unified Ideographs 勄 → [U+52C4]

Translingual

Han character

勃 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十木大尸 (JDKS), four-corner 4442₇, composition ⿰孛力)

Derived characters

• 渤 𦂿 愂 葧

References

• KangXi: page 147, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2351
• Dae Jaweon: page 332, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 370, character 15
• Unihan data for U+52C3

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		勃
2nd round simp.		孛
alternative forms		㪍 孛 渤 㔜 茀

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 勃
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (孛) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
誖	*pɯːds, *bɯːds, *bɯːd
悖	*bɯːds, *bɯːd
孛	*bɯːds, *bɯːd
哱	*pʰɯːd
馞	*pʰɯːd, *bɯːd
勃	*bɯːd
餑	*bɯːd
郣	*bɯːd
浡	*bɯːd
桲	*bɯːd
挬	*bɯːd
脖	*bɯːd
鵓	*bɯːd
渤	*bɯːd
綍	*pɯd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *bɯːd) : phonetic 孛 (OC *bɯːds, *bɯːd, “power”) + semantic 力.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bó (bo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ

  (Chengdu, SP): bo²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): but⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): bot⁵

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): phut

  (Meixian, Guangdong): pud⁶

• Jin (Wiktionary): beh⁵
• Min Bei (KCR): bŏ̤
• Min Dong (BUC): buŏk
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): pu̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): buag⁸ / buêg⁸

• Wu (Wiktionary): beq (T5)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): pu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bó
    • Wade–Giles: po²
    • Yale: bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor
    • Palladius: бо (bo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pwɔ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: bo²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /po²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: but⁶
    • Yale: buht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: but⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːt̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: bot⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pᵘɔt̚³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phut
    • Hakka Romanization System: pud`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pud⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰut̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pud⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰut̚⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: beh⁵
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /pəʔ⁵⁴/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bŏ̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔ²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: buŏk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puoʔ⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pu̍t
    • Tâi-lô: pu̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: put
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: buag⁸ / buêg⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pua̍k / pue̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puak̚⁴/, /puek̚⁴/

Note: buêg8 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: beq (T5)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /b̥əʔ¹²/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: pu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu²⁴/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 勃
Mandarin	Beijing	/po³⁵/
	Harbin	/pɤ⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/po⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/pə²¹³/
	Qingdao	/pə⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/po²⁴/
	Xi'an	/po²¹/
	Xining	/pʰɔ⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/puə¹³/
	Lanzhou	/pə⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/pɤ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/pʰu²¹³/
	Chengdu	/po³¹/
	Guiyang	/pʰo²¹/
	Kunming	/pʰu³¹/
	Nanjing	/poʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/pʰəʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/pəʔ⁵⁴/
	Pingyao	/pʌʔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/pəʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/bəʔ¹/
	Suzhou	/bəʔ³/
	Hangzhou	/bəʔ²/
	Wenzhou	/bø²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/pʰɔʔ²¹/
	Tunxi	/po⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/pʰu²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/pʰu²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/pʰut̚⁵/
	Taoyuan	/pʰut̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/put̚²/
	Nanning	/put̚²²/
	Hong Kong	/put̚²/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/put̚⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/puoʔ⁵/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/pɔ²⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/puak̚⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/fut̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /buət̚/

Rime
Character	勃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	魂 (56)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蒲没切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buət̚/
Pan Wuyun	/buot̚/
Shao Rongfen	/buət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bwət̚/
Li Rong	/buət̚/
Wang Li	/buət̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱuət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	but6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤut/

  (Zhengzhang): /*bɯːd/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	勃
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bó
Middle Chinese	‹ bwot ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ˁut/
English	confused
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	勃
Reading #	1/1
No.	974
Phonetic component	孛
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	勃
Old Chinese	/*bɯːd/

Definitions

勃

1. exuberant; flourishing; vigorous
2. suddenly (changing countenance)
3. to push; to drive; to surge
4. (obsolete) fine powder

Compounds

勃勃 (bóbó) 勃喇喇 勃如 勃律 (Bólǜ) 勃朗峰 (Bólǎng Fēng) 勃朗特 勃浪鼓 勃滃 勃然 (bórán) 勃然作色 勃然大怒 (bórándànù) 勃窣 勃谿 (bójī) 勃起 (bóqǐ) 勃露斯 咆勃 激勃素

苾勃 蓊勃 蓬勃 (péngbó) 蓬蓬勃勃 (péngpéngbóbó) 野心勃勃 (yěxīnbóbó) 阿勃勒 (ābólè) 雄心勃勃 (xióngxīnbóbó) 勃朗運動／勃朗运动 (Bólǎng yùndòng) 勃極烈／勃极烈 勃然色變／勃然色变 勃然變色／勃然变色 勃發／勃发 (bófā) 勃興／勃兴 (bóxīng) 勃起功能障礙／勃起功能障碍 (bóqǐ gōngnéng zhàng'ài) 勃騰／勃腾 勃騰騰／勃腾腾

勃鬱／勃郁 噴勃／喷勃 婦姑勃谿／妇姑勃谿 朝氣勃勃／朝气勃勃 (zhāoqìbóbó) 朝氣蓬勃／朝气蓬勃 (zhāoqìpéngbó) 氣勃勃／气勃勃 牛溲馬勃／牛溲马勃 生機勃勃／生机勃勃 (shēngjībóbó) 生氣勃勃／生气勃勃 (shēngqìbóbó) 生氣蓬勃／生气蓬勃 (shēngqìpéngbó) 興致勃勃／兴致勃勃 (xìngzhìbóbó) 興致勃發／兴致勃发 英氣勃勃／英气勃勃 馬勃／马勃 (mǎbó) 馬勃牛溲／马勃牛溲 鬱勃／郁勃 (yùbó)

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Japanese

Kanji

勃

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. suddenness, something that happens suddenly
2. rise
3. Short for 勃牙利 (Burugaria, “Bulgaria”).

Readings

• Go-on: ぼち (bochi)^{←ぼち (boti, historical)}
• Kan-on: ほつ (hotsu)^{←ほつ (fotu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: ぼつ (botsu, Jōyō)
• Kun: おこる (okoru, 勃る); たつ (tatsu, 勃つ); にわかに (niwakani, 勃かに)
• Nanori: ひら (hira); ひろ (hiro)

Compounds

• 勃(ぼつ)鬱(うつ) (botsuutsu)
• 勃(ぼつ)焉(えん) (botsuen)
• 勃(ぼっ)海(かい) (bokkai)
• 勃(ぼっ)起(き) (bokki)
• 勃(ぼっ)興(こう) (bokkō)
• 勃(ぼつ)爾(じ) (botsuji)
• 勃(ぼつ)如(じょ) (botsujo) (孛(ぼつ)如(じょ))
• 勃(ぼっ)振(しん) (bosshin)
• 勃(ぼつ)然(ぜん) (botsuzen)
• 勃(ぼっ)窣(そつ) (bossotsu)
• 勃(ぼっ)発(ぱつ) (boppatsu)
• 勃(ぼつ)勃(ぼつ) (botsubotsu)
• 勃(ぼつ)乱(らん) (botsuran)
• 鬱(うつ)勃(ぼつ) (utsubotsu)
• 王(おう)勃(ぼつ) (ōbotsu)
• 蓊(おう)勃(ぼつ) (ōbotsu)
• 蓬(ほう)勃(ぼつ) (hōbotsu)

 

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Korean

Hanja

勃 (eumhun 노할 발 (nohal bal))

1. Hanja form^? of 발 (“rise”).

Compounds

• 발발 (勃發, balbal, “breaking out suddenly”)
• 발기 (勃起, balgi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

勃: Hán Nôm readings: bột

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