渤

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渤 U+6E24, 渤
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E24
← 渣
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 渥 →

Translingual

Han character

渤 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水十木尸 (EJDS), four-corner 34127, composition ⿰氵勃)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 634, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17769
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1041, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1670, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+6E24

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 渤
2nd round simp. 孛
alternative forms 㴾
勃

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (孛) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
誖 *pɯːds, *bɯːds, *bɯːd
悖 *bɯːds, *bɯːd
孛 *bɯːds, *bɯːd
哱 *pʰɯːd
馞 *pʰɯːd, *bɯːd
勃 *bɯːd
餑 *bɯːd
郣 *bɯːd
浡 *bɯːd
桲 *bɯːd
挬 *bɯːd
脖 *bɯːd
鵓 *bɯːd
渤 *bɯːd
綍 *pɯd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *bɯːd): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 勃 (OC *bɯːd)

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 渤
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 沒 (56)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 蒲没切
Baxter bwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/buət̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/buot̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/buət̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/bwət̚/
Li
Rong 		/buət̚/
Wang
Li 		/buət̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/bʱuət̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bó
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		but6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 渤
Reading # 1/1
No. 986
Phonetic
component 		孛
Rime
group 		物
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		勃
Old
Chinese 		/*bɯːd/

Definitions

渤

  1. (～海) Bohai Sea
  2. (literary) surging; swelling

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

渤

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: ぼち (bochi)←ぼち (boti, historical)
  • Kan-on: ほつ (hotsu)←ほつ (fotu, historical)
  • Kan’yō-on: ぼつ (botsu)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

渤 • (bal) (hangeul 발, revised bal, McCune–Reischauer pal, Yale pal)

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Vietnamese

Han character

渤: Hán Nôm readings: bọt, bột

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