葡

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葡 U+8461, 葡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8461
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Translingual

Stroke order
15 strokes

Han character

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

Derived characters

References

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

Chinese

trad. 葡
simp. # 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／形声, OC *baː) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 匍 (OC *baː). However, when it means "grape", there is a reference to a man crawling over a sprout growing in a field (田), hence there is a reference to plants and agriculture.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • pô͘ - literary;
  • phû/phô/phô͘ - vernacular.
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
Baxter bu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/buo/
Pan
Wuyun 		/buo/
Shao
Rongfen 		/bo/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/bɔ/
Li
Rong 		/bo/
Wang
Li 		/bu/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/bʱuo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		pú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		pou4
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”) and related terms.
  2. Short for 葡萄牙 (Pútáoyá, “Portugal”).
    1. (chiefly Cantonese, by extension, in compounds) Macau
      葡幣／葡币 [Cantonese]  ―  pou4 bai6   ―  Macanese pataca
      葡汁 [Cantonese]  ―  pou4 zap1   ―  Portuguese sauce (a kind of sauce in Macanese cuisine)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

葡

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: ぶ (bu)
  • Kan-on: ほ (ho)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
葡
ぽ
Jinmeiyō
irregular

Pronunciation

Affix

葡(ポ) • (po) 

  1. Short for ポルトガル／葡萄牙 (“Portugal (a country in Europe)”).

Korean

Hanja

葡 (eum 포 (po))

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Vietnamese

Han character

葡: Hán Nôm readings: bồ

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