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”).
    葡政府  ―  pú zhèngfǔ  ―  Portuguese government
    訪葡／访葡  ―  fǎng pú  ―  (formal) to visit 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)

Synonyms

  • (Portugal):
Dialectal synonyms of 澳門 (“Macau”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 澳門, 濠江 literary
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 澳門
Cantonese Hong Kong 澳門, 馬交, 梳打埠
Macau 澳門, 澳門街
Taishan 澳門
Wu Shanghai 澳門

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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