阜

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See also: 阝 and 邑
阜 U+961C, 阜
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-961C
← 阛
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 阝 →
⾩ U+2FA9, ⾩
KANGXI RADICAL MOUND
← ⾨
 		Kangxi Radicals ⾪ →

Translingual

Stroke order

Alternative forms

  • 阝 (when used as a left Chinese Radical)

Han character

阜 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+0, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹口十 (HRJ), four-corner 27407, composition ⿱𠂤十)

  1. Kangxi radical #170, ⾩.

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1345, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41534
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1847, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4114, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+961C

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 阜
alternative forms 𨸏
峊

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 阜
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (阜) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
阜 *buʔ
埠 *baːs

Pictogram (象形) , a row of hills.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 阜
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 房久切
Baxter bjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/bɨuX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/biuX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/biəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/buwX/
Li
Rong 		/biuX/
Wang
Li 		/bĭəuX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/bʱi̯ə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		fòu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fau6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 阜
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		fù
Middle
Chinese 		‹ bjuwX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*(r)uʔ/
English big mound

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 阜
Reading # 1/1
No. 3533
Phonetic
component 		阜
Rime
group 		幽
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		婦
Old
Chinese 		/*buʔ/

Definitions

阜

  1. (literary) mound
  2. (literary) abundant; rich
  3. a surname

Compounds

Descendants

  • → Lao: ພູ (phū)
  • → Thai: ภู (puu, “mound, mountain, hill”)

Japanese

Kanji

阜

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. mound, dam

Readings

Usage notes

  • This kanji, when referencing as a radical, is usually called "Gifu-no-'fu'"

Noun

Kanji in this term
阜
つかさ
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 阜 – see the following entry.
【つかさ】
阜, 司: a small hill
Alternative spelling
司
(This term, 阜, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 阜 (MC bjuwX). Recorded as Middle Korean 부〯 (pwǔ) (Yale: pwu) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

阜 (eumhun 언덕 부 (eondeok bu))

  1. Hanja form? of 부 (“hill”).

Compounds

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

阜: Hán Nôm readings: phụ

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