亳

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See also: 毫
亳 U+4EB3, 亳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EB3
← 亲
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 亴 →

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

亳 (Kangxi radical 8, 亠+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜口月心 (YRBP), four-corner 00714, composition ⿱⿳亠口冖乇)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 89, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 312
  • Dae Jaweon: page 188, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 287, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+4EB3

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 亳

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 亳
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
j13452
j13453
j13454
j13455
j13456
j13457
j13458
b08277
b08278
b08279
s03825
Transcribed ancient scripts
L38066
L38067
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (乇) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
咤 *ʔr'aː, *ʔr'aːɡs
吒 *ʔr'aːɡs
灹 *ʔr'aːɡs
矺 *ʔr'aːɡs, *ʔl'aːb, *ʔl'aːɡ, *l̥ʰaːɡ, *ʔr'eːɡ
奼 *ʔr'aːɡs, *hr'aːʔ, *ʔl'aːɡs
侘 *hr'aː, *hr'aːɡs
詫 *hr'aːɡs
秅 *r'aː, *ʔl'aːɡs
秺 *ʔl'aːɡs
亳 *blaːɡ
托 *l̥ʰaːɡ
託 *l̥ʰaːɡ
魠 *l̥ʰaːɡ
馲 *l̥ʰaːɡ, *raːɡ, *ʔr'aːɡ
侂 *l̥ʰaːɡ
飥 *l̥ʰaːɡ
仛 *l'aːɡ
虴 *pr'aːɡ
杔 *ʔr'aːɡ
乇 *ʔr'aːɡ
宅 *r'aːɡ
厇 *ʔr'eːɡ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 亳
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 鐸 (104)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 傍各切
Baxter bak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/bwɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/bʷɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/buɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/bwak̚/
Li
Rong 		/buɑk̚/
Wang
Li 		/buɑk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/bʱwɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bó
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		bok6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 亳
Reading # 1/1
No. 16914
Phonetic
component 		乇
Rime
group 		鐸
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		泊
Old
Chinese 		/*blaːɡ/

Definitions

亳

  1. capital of Yin
    See also: 三亳
    alt. forms: 薄
  2. a district of Chen during the Spring and Autumn period
  3. Short for 亳州 (Bózhōu, “Bozhou”).
  4. a surname

References

  • 諸橋轍次 (Morohashi Tetsuji), chief ed. 大漢和辞典 (Dai Kan-Wa Jiten, “Comprehensive Chinese–Japanese Dictionary”). 13 vols. 1955–1960. Revised and enlarged ed. 1984–1986. Tokyo: Taishukan.

Japanese

Kanji

亳

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: ばく (baku)
  • Kan-on: はく (haku)

Korean

Hanja

亳 • (bak) (hangeul 박, revised bak, McCune–Reischauer pak)

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