方舟

方舟

Chinese

		square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just	boat
simp. and trad. (方舟)		方	舟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fāngzhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong¹ zau¹
• Min Nan (POJ): hong-chiu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fāngzhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤ ㄓㄡ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fangjou
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fangjhou
    • IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong¹ zau¹
    • Yale: fōng jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong¹ zeo¹
    • IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-chiu
    • Tâi-lô: hong-tsiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongciw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ t͡ɕiu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /pʉɐŋ  t͡ɕɨu/▼

Rime
Character	方	舟
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	府良切	職流切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʉɐŋ/	/t͡ɕɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷiɐŋ/	/t͡ɕiu/
Shao Rongfen	/piuɑŋ/	/t͡ɕiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puaŋ/	/cuw/
Li Rong	/piuaŋ/	/t͡ɕiu/
Wang Li	/pĭwaŋ/	/t͡ɕĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/piwaŋ/	/t͡ɕi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fāng	zhōu

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C-paŋ|paŋ  tu/

  (Zhengzhang): /*paŋ  tjɯw/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	方	方	方	舟
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fāng	fāng	fāng	zhōu
Middle Chinese	‹ pjang ›	‹ pjang ›	‹ pjang ›	‹ tsyuw ›
Old Chinese	/*C-paŋ/	/*paŋ/	/*paŋ/	/*tu/
English	square	method	just, then	boat
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	方	舟
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	3023	17504
Phonetic component	方	舟
Rime group	陽	幽
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	方	周
Old Chinese	/*paŋ/	/*tjɯw/
Notes	甲金文象槳即榜初文， 下初爲單筆，猶旂左初亦作單杆

Noun

方舟

1. ark (ship)

Derived terms

挪亞方舟／挪亚方舟 (Nuóyà Fāngzhōu) 諾亞方舟／诺亚方舟 (Nuòyà Fāngzhōu)

諾厄方舟／诺厄方舟 (Nuò'è Fāngzhōu)

Proper noun

方舟

1. (Christianity, Judaism, Islam) Ark (ship built by Noah)

Verb

方舟

1. (literary, of two boats) to be joined together

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
方	舟
はこ Grade: 2	ふね > ぶね Grade: S
Irregular

箱 (hako, “box; chest”) +‎ 船 (fune, “ship; boat”)

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) はこぶね [hàkóbúné] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
  • (Tokyo) はこぶ​ね [hàkóbúꜜnè] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2][3]
  • IPA^(key): [ha̠ko̞bɯ̟ᵝne̞]

Alternative forms

• 箱船
• 箱舟

Noun

方舟 (hiragana はこぶね, rōmaji hakobune)

1. (Abrahamic religion) ark

Proper noun

方舟 (hiragana はこぶね, rōmaji Hakobune)

1. (Abrahamic religion) Ark

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
方	舟

Noun

方舟 • (bangju, McCune-Reischauer: pangju, Yale: pangcwu) (hangeul 방주)

1. Hanja form^? of 방주 (“ark”).

Proper noun

方舟 • (Bangju, McCune-Reischauer: Pangju, Yale: Pangcwu) (hangeul 방주)

1. Hanja form^? of 방주 (“Ark”).