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Translingual
Han character
蒲 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿水戈月 (TEIB), four-corner 44127, composition ⿱艹浦)
- bulrush, cattail, reed
- vine
- various rivers and places
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1049, character 37
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31611
- Dae Jaweon: page 1511, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3269, character 11
- Unihan data for U+84B2
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 豧
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*pʰoːs, *pʰa, *pʰas
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| 縛
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*baːɡs, *baɡ
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| 逋
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*paː
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| 餔
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*paː, *baːs
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| 晡
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*paː
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| 庯
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*paː
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| 陠
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*paː, *pʰaː
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| 鵏
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*paː, *baːs
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| 峬
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*paː
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| 誧
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*paː, *pʰaː, *pʰaːʔ, *pʰaːs
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| 秿
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*paː, *pʰa, *baʔ
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| 鯆
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*paː, *pʰaː, *paʔ
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| 補
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*paːʔ
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| 圃
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*paːʔ, *paːs
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| 鋪
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*pʰaː, *pʰaːs, *pʰa
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| 痡
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*pʰaː, *pʰa
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| 浦
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*pʰaːʔ
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| 烳
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*pʰaːʔ
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| 溥
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*pʰaːʔ, *paːɡ
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| 悑
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*pʰaːs
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| 酺
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*baː
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| 匍
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*baː
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| 蜅
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*baː, *paʔ
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| 脯
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*baː, *paʔ
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| 葡
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*baː
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| 蒱
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*baː
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| 蒲
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*baː
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| 簿
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*baːʔ, *baːɡ
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| 捕
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*baːs
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| 哺
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*baːs
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| 簠
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*pa, *paʔ, *pʰas
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| 甫
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*paʔ
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| 黼
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*paʔ
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| 莆
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*paʔ
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| 俌
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*paʔ, *pʰaʔ
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| 郙
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*paʔ, *pʰa
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| 傅
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*paɡs
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| 搏
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*paɡs, *paːɡ, *pʰaːɡ
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| 麱
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*pʰa
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| 尃
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*pʰa
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| 榑
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*ba
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| 輔
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*baʔ
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| 鬴
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*baʔ
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| 賻
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*baɡs
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| 博
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*paːɡ
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| 髆
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*paːɡ
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| 鎛
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*paːɡ
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| 猼
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*paːɡ
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| 餺
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*paːɡ
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| 簙
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*paːɡ
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| 鑮
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*paːɡ, *baːɡ
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| 欂
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*paːɡ, *baɡ, *breːɡ
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| 蒪
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*pʰaːɡ
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| 膊
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*pʰaːɡ
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| 薄
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*baːɡ
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| 礡
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*baːɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *baː) : semantic 艹 (“vegetation”) + phonetic 浦 (OC *pʰaːʔ).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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蒲
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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pú
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ bu ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁa/
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| English
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part of personal name
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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蒲
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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3441
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Phonetic
component
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甫
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Rime
group
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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酺
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Old
Chinese
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/*baː/
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Definitions
蒲
- calamus; cattail
- Short for 菖蒲 (chāngpú, “Acorus calamus”).
- Short for 香蒲 (“Typha orientalis”).
- Short for 蒲葵 (púkuí, “Livistona chinensis”).
- Used in 蒲桃 (pútáo).
- a surname
- 蒲松齡／蒲松龄 ― Pú Sōnglíng ― Pu Songling (author of Liaozhai zhiyi)
Compounds
Descendants
(water plant):
Etymology 2
From the vernacular reading of 浮 (pou4).
Pronunciation
Definitions
蒲
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) to appear
- 蒲頭／蒲头 [Hong Kong Cantonese] ― pou4 tau4 ― (of a person) to show up
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) to party; to leisure
- Synonym: wet
References
Japanese
Kanji
蒲
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
- bulrush, reed
Readings
Compounds
Etymology
Noun
蒲 or 蒲 • (gama)
- common cattail, Typha latifolia
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).
Korean
Hanja
蒲 • (po) (hangeul 포, revised po, McCune–Reischauer p'o, Yale pho)
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Vietnamese
Han character
蒲: Hán Việt readings: bồ
蒲: Hán Nôm readings: bồ, bù, mồ
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