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Translingual
Han character
哺 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 口戈十月 (RIJB), four-corner 63027, composition ⿰口甫)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 191, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3676
- Dae Jaweon: page 410, character 24
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 626, character 7
- Unihan data for U+54FA
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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豧
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*pʰoːs, *pʰa, *pʰas
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縛
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*baːɡs, *baɡ
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逋
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*paː
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餔
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*paː, *baːs
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晡
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*paː
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庯
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*paː
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陠
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*paː, *pʰaː
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鵏
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*paː, *baːs
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峬
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*paː
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誧
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*paː, *pʰaː, *pʰaːʔ, *pʰaːs
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秿
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*paː, *pʰa, *baʔ
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鯆
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*paː, *pʰaː, *paʔ
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補
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*paːʔ
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圃
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*paːʔ, *paːs
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鋪
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*pʰaː, *pʰaːs, *pʰa
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痡
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*pʰaː, *pʰa
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浦
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*pʰaːʔ
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烳
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*pʰaːʔ
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溥
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*pʰaːʔ, *paːɡ
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悑
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*pʰaːs
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酺
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*baː
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匍
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*baː
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蜅
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*baː, *paʔ
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脯
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*baː, *paʔ
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葡
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*baː
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蒱
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*baː
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蒲
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*baː
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簿
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*baːʔ, *baːɡ
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捕
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*baːs
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哺
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*baːs
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簠
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*pa, *paʔ, *pʰas
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甫
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*paʔ
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黼
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*paʔ
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莆
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*paʔ
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俌
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*paʔ, *pʰaʔ
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郙
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*paʔ, *pʰa
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傅
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*paɡs
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搏
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*paɡs, *paːɡ, *pʰaːɡ
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麱
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*pʰa
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尃
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*pʰa
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榑
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*ba
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輔
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*baʔ
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鬴
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*baʔ
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賻
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*baɡs
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博
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*paːɡ
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髆
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*paːɡ
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鎛
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*paːɡ
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猼
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*paːɡ
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餺
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*paːɡ
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簙
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*paːɡ
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鑮
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*paːɡ, *baːɡ
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欂
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*paːɡ, *baɡ, *breːɡ
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蒪
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*pʰaːɡ
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膊
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*pʰaːɡ
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薄
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*baːɡ
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礡
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*baːɡ
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Northern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Sanxia, Yilan, Tainan, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung, Philippines)
- (Hokkien: Lukang)
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- (Teochew)
Note:
- bu6 - literary;
- bou7 - vernacular ("to chew").
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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哺
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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bǔ
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Middle Chinese
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‹ buH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ˁa-s/
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English
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food held in the mouth
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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哺
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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3444
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Phonetic component
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甫
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Rime group
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魚
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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捕
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Old Chinese
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/*baːs/
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Definitions
哺
- (literary, of birds) to feed (with food in the mouth)
- to feed; to nurse
- (literary) food being chewed in the mouth
夫赫胥氏之時,民居不知所為,行不知所之,含哺而熙,鼓腹而遊,民能以此矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
夫赫胥氏之时,民居不知所为,行不知所之,含哺而熙,鼓腹而游,民能以此矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
- Fū Hèxūshì zhī shí, mín jū bùzhī suǒ wéi, xíng bùzhī suǒ zhī, hánbǔ ér xī, gǔfù ér yóu, mín néng yǐ cǐ yǐ.
- In the time of (the Di) He-xu, the people occupied their dwellings without knowing what they were doing, and walked out without knowing where they were going. They filled their mouths with food and were glad; they slapped their stomachs to express their satisfaction. This was all the ability which they possessed.
- (literary) to eat
- (Northern Min, Southern Min) to chew
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
嚼 (“to chew”)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
哺
(Jōyō kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
哺 • (po) (hangeul 포, revised po, McCune–Reischauer p'o)
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Vietnamese
Han character
哺: Hán Nôm readings: bộ, phô, bô, bu, bú, bụ, pho, phò
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