莆

莆

See also: 蒲

莆 U+8386, 莆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8386 ← 莅 [U+8385] CJK Unified Ideographs 莇 → [U+8387]

Translingual

Han character

莆 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿戈十月 (TIJB), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱艹甫)

References

• KangXi: page 1033, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31025
• Dae Jaweon: page 1492, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3215, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8386

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Chinese

trad.		莆
simp. #		莆

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

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pú (pu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): phô͘
• Wu (Wiktionary): bu (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pú
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pú
    • Wade–Giles: pʻu²
    • Yale: pú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pwu
    • Palladius: пу (pu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pou⁴
    • Yale: pòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phô͘
    • Tâi-lô: phôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔ²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: bu (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /b̥v̩ʷ²³/

Definitions

莆

1. Alternative form of 蒲 (pú).
2. Short for 莆田 (Pútián).
3. a surname

Compounds

莆田 (Pútián)

莆仙戲／莆仙戏

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fú (fu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fú
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fú
    • Wade–Giles: fu²
    • Yale: fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwu
    • Palladius: фу (fu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /pɨo^X/

Rime
Character	莆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	方矩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨoX/
Pan Wuyun	/pioX/
Shao Rongfen	/pioX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puə̆X/
Li Rong	/pioX/
Wang Li	/pĭuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*paʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莆
Reading #	1/1
No.	3453
Phonetic component	甫
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	甫
Old Chinese	/*paʔ/

Definitions

莆

1. Only used in 萐莆.

References

• “莆”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

莆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ふ (fu), ほ (ho), ぶ (bu)