搏

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搏 U+640F, 搏
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Translingual

Han character

搏 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手戈月戈 (QIBI), four-corner 53042, composition ⿰扌尃)

  1. seize
  2. spring upon
  3. strike

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 446, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12466
  • Dae Jaweon: page 796, character 34
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1930, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+640F

Chinese

trad. 搏
simp. # 搏

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *paɡs, *paːɡ, *pʰaːɡ) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 尃 (OC *pʰa).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 搏 搏 搏
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 滂 (2) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 虞 (24) 唐 (104) 唐 (104)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed Closed
Division (等) III I I
Fanqie 方遇切 匹各切 補各切
Baxter pjuH phak pak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pɨoH/ /pʰwɑk̚/ /pwɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pioH/ /pʰʷɑk̚/ /pʷɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/pioH/ /pʰuɑk̚/ /puɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/puə̆H/ /pʰwak̚/ /pwak̚/
Li
Rong 		/pioH/ /pʰuɑk̚/ /puɑk̚/
Wang
Li 		/pĭuH/ /pʰuɑk̚/ /puɑk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/pi̯uH/ /pʰwɑk̚/ /pwɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		fù po bo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fu3 pok3 bok3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 搏 搏
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		bó bó
Middle
Chinese 		‹ pak › ‹ pjuH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*pˁak/ /*p(r)ak-s/
English strike strike

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 搏 搏 搏
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 3458 3475 3486
Phonetic
component 		甫 甫 甫
Rime
group 		暮 鐸 鐸
Rime
subdivision 		0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		付 博 𩔈
Old
Chinese 		/*paɡs/ /*paːɡ/ /*pʰaːɡ/

Definitions

搏

  1. to come to blows
  2. to beat; to pulsate; to throb
  3. to struggle; to wrestle; to work hard; to strive
  4. to suddenly attack; to give a surprise attack; to pounce
  5. to pillage; to plunder; to take away by force; to snatch; to wrest; to seize
  6. to arrest; to apprehend

Synonyms

  • (to suddenly attack): 突襲／突袭 (tūxí)
  • (to pillage):
  • (to arrest):

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

搏

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. seize
  2. spring upon
  3. strike

Readings

Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

搏 (eumhun 두드릴 박 (dudeuril bak))

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Etymology 2

Hanja

搏 (eumhun 어깨 박 (eokkae bak))

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Vietnamese

Han character

搏: Hán Nôm readings: vác, bác

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