帛

帛

帛 U+5E1B, 帛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E1B ← 帚 [U+5E1A] CJK Unified Ideographs 帜 → [U+5E1C]

Translingual

Han character

帛 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹日中月 (HALB), four-corner 2622₇, composition ⿱白巾)

Derived characters

• 婂 淿 棉 䃇 綿(绵) 艊 䛲 錦(锦) 𢄝 緜 𢅬 幚 幫

References

• KangXi: page 330, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8855
• Dae Jaweon: page 635, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 734, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5E1B

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		帛

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
怕	*pʰraːɡs, *pʰraːɡ
帕	*pʰraːɡs, *mbraːd
粕	*pʰaːɡ, *pʰraːɡ
胉	*pʰaːɡ
泊	*baːɡ
箔	*baːɡ
魄	*tʰaːɡ, *pʰraːɡ
皕	*prɯɡ
伯	*praːɡ
百	*praːɡ
迫	*praːɡ
敀	*praːɡ, *pʰraːɡ
柏	*praːɡ
湐	*praːɡ
拍	*pʰraːɡ
珀	*pʰraːɡ
皛	*pʰraːɡ, *ɡeːwʔ
洦	*mpʰraːɡ, *mbraːɡ
白	*braːɡ
帛	*braːɡ
舶	*braːɡ
鮊	*braːɡ
陌	*mbraːɡ
帞	*mbraːɡ
袹	*mbraːɡ
蛨	*mbraːɡ
貊	*mbraːɡ
佰	*mbraːɡ
銆	*mbraːɡ
碧	*praɡ, *preɡ
咟	*ɦmreːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *braːɡ) : phonetic 白 (OC *braːɡ) + semantic 巾 (“cloth”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bó (bo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h / pe̍eh / pia̍k / pe̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bêh⁸

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶
    • Yale: baahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peh
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /peʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /peʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍eh
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛʔ¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: pia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍k
    • Tâi-lô: pi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pek
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /piɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪk̚¹²¹/

Note:

• pe̍h/pe̍eh - vernacular;
• pia̍k/pe̍k - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bêh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pe̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peʔ⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /bˠæk̚/

Rime
Character	帛
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	庚 (113)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	傍陌切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠæk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚak̚/
Shao Rongfen	/bak̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/bɐk̚/
Wang Li	/bɐk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱɐk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bak6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤrak/

  (Zhengzhang): /*braːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	帛
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bó
Middle Chinese	‹ bæk ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ˁrak/
English	silk
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	帛
Reading #	1/1
No.	208
Phonetic component	白
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	白
Old Chinese	/*braːɡ/

Definitions

帛

1. silks; fabrics
2. wealth; property

Compounds

功垂竹帛 名垂竹帛 垂名竹帛 子女玉帛 布帛 (bùbó) 布帛菽粟 (bùbóshūsù) 帛丸 帛琉 (Bóliú) 披帛 束帛 毫帛 玉帛 (yùbó)

玉帛笙歌 竹帛 粟帛 (sùbó) 衣不重帛 衣帛食肉 衲帛 裂帛 金帛 (jīnbó) 雁帛 香帛 帛書／帛书 (bóshū)

帛畫／帛画 (bóhuà) 幣帛／币帛 (bìbó) 束髮封帛／束发封帛 犧牲玉帛／牺牲玉帛 簡帛書／简帛书 (jiǎnbóshū) 絹帛／绢帛 (juànbó) 縑帛／缣帛 (jiānbó) 財帛／财帛 (cáibó) 賜帛／赐帛 錢帛／钱帛 隔帛兒／隔帛儿

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Japanese

Kanji

帛

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. silk (archaic)

Readings

• Go-on: びゃく (byaku)
• Kan-on: はく (haku)
• Kun: きぬ (kinu, 帛)

Compounds

Compounds

• 金帛(きんぱく) (kinpaku): gold and silk, money and cloths
• 竹帛(ちくはく) (chikuhaku)
• 幣帛(へいはく) (heihaku)

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Korean

Hanja

帛 (eumhun 비단 백 (bidan baek))

1. silk

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Vietnamese

Han character

帛: Hán Nôm readings: bạch

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