葡

葡

葡 U+8461, 葡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8461 ← 葠 [U+8460] CJK Unified Ideographs 葢 → [U+8462]

Translingual

Han character

葡 (radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿心戈月 (TPIB), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱艹匍)

References

• KangXi: page 1045, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31430
• Dae Jaweon: page 1506, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3253, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8461

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		葡

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

Considered a 後起字／后起字 (hòuqǐzì). Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *baː) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 匍 (OC *baː).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): pú (pu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ

  (Chengdu, SP): pu²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): pô͘ / phû / phô / phô͘
• Wu (Wiktionary): bu (T3); beq (T5)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: pú
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ
    • Wade–Giles: p'u²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pwu
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰu³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: pu²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: pu
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰu²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pou⁴
    • Yale: pòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pou⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pô͘
    • Tâi-lô: pôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poo
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /pɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phû
    • Tâi-lô: phû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰu²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /pʰu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phô
    • Tâi-lô: phô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phooi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰo¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰo²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phô͘
    • Tâi-lô: phôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔ¹³/

Note:

• pô͘ - literary;
• phû/phô/phô͘ - vernacular.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: bu (T3); beq (T5)
    • IPA ^(key): /b̻v̩ʷ²³/, /b̻əʔ¹²/

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• Middle Chinese: /buo/▼

Rime
Character	葡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	薄胡切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buo/
Pan Wuyun	/buo/
Shao Rongfen	/bo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bɔ/
Li Rong	/bo/
Wang Li	/bu/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pú

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*baː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	葡
Reading #	1/1
No.	3439
Phonetic component	甫
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	酺
Old Chinese	/*baː/
Notes	古作蒲，今分化字

Definitions

葡

1. Used in 葡萄 (pútáo, “grape”).
2. Short for 葡萄牙 (Pútáoyá, “Portugal”).

Compounds

山葡萄 海葡萄 紅葡萄藤／红葡萄藤 葡京 (Pújīng) 葡國／葡国 (Púguó) 葡幣／葡币 (Púbì) 葡文 (púwén) 葡汁 (púzhī)

葡萄 (pútáo) 葡萄乾／葡萄干 (pútáogān) 葡萄柚 (pútáoyòu) 葡萄深碧 葡萄灰 葡萄炸彈／葡萄炸弹 葡萄牙 (Pútáoyá)

葡萄球菌 (pútáo qiújūn) 葡萄糖 (pútáotáng) 葡萄紫 葡萄綠／葡萄绿 葡萄胎 (pútáotāi) 葡萄酒 (pútáojiǔ) 葡語／葡语 (púyǔ)

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Japanese

Kanji

葡

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• Go-on: ぶ (bu)
• Kan-on: ほ (ho)

Noun

葡 (hiragana ぽ, rōmaji po)

1. Abbreviation of 葡萄牙. Portugal

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Korean

Hanja

葡 (eum 포 (po))

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Vietnamese

Han character

葡: Hán Nôm readings: bồ

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