哺

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

Pronunciation

Definitions

哺

1. (literary, of birds) to feed (with food in the mouth)
2. to feed; to nurse
3. (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 3^rd – 2^nd 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.

4. (literary) to eat
5. (Northern Min, Southern Min) to chew

Synonyms

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぶ (bu)
• Kan-on: ほ (ho, Jōyō)
• Kun: ふくむ (fukumu, 哺む); はぐくむ (hagukumu, 哺む)

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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