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Translingual
Han character
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仆 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 人卜 (OY), four-corner 23200, composition ⿰亻卜)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 91, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 354
- Dae Jaweon: page 193, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 108, character 3
- Unihan data for U+4EC6
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 仆
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 s05870 |
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).
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Old Chinese
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| 仆
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*pʰoːɡs, *pʰus, *pʰoɡs, *bɯːɡ, *pʰoːɡ
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| 赴
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*pʰoɡs
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| 訃
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*pʰoɡs
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| 朴
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*pʰroːɡ
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| 圤
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*pʰroːɡ
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| 卜
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*poːɡ
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| 鳪
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*poːɡ
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| 扑
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*pʰoːɡ
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| 攴
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*pʰoːɡ, *pʰroːɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰoːɡs, *pʰus, *pʰoɡs, *bɯːɡ, *pʰoːɡ) : semantic 人 + phonetic 卜 (OC *poːɡ).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Note:
- fu6 - literary;
- puk1 - colloquial.
| Rime
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| Character
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仆
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仆
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仆
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仆
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| Reading #
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1/4
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2/4
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3/4
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4/4
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| Initial (聲)
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滂 (2)
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滂 (2)
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滂 (2)
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並 (3)
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| Final (韻)
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虞 (24)
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尤 (136)
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侯 (137)
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德 (131)
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| Tone (調)
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Departing (H)
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Departing (H)
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Departing (H)
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Checked (Ø)
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| Openness (開合)
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Closed
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Open
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Open
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Open
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| Division (等)
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III
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III
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I
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I
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| Fanqie
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芳遇切
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敷救切
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匹候切
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蒲北切
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| Baxter
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phjuH
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phjuwH
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phuwH
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bok
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| Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang
Shangfang
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/pʰɨoH/
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/pʰɨuH/
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/pʰəuH/
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/bək̚/
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Pan
Wuyun
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/pʰioH/
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/pʰiuH/
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/pʰəuH/
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/bək̚/
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Shao
Rongfen
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/pʰioH/
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/pʰiəuH/
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/pʰəuH/
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/bək̚/
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Edwin
Pulleyblank
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/pʰuə̆H/
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/pʰuwH/
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/pʰəwH/
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/bək̚/
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Li
Rong
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/pʰioH/
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/pʰiuH/
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/pʰuH/
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/bək̚/
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Wang
Li
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/pʰĭuH/
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/pʰĭəuH/
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/pʰəuH/
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/bək̚/
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Bernhard
Karlgren
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/pʰi̯uH/
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/pʰi̯ə̯uH/
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/pʰə̯uH/
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/bʱək̚/
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Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
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fù
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fòu
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pòu
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bó
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Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
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fu3
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fau3
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pau3
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bak6
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| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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仆
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仆
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仆
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| Reading #
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1/3
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2/3
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3/3
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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pū
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pū
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pū
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ phjuH ›
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‹ phjuwH ›
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‹ phuwH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*pʰ(r)ok-s/
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/*pʰok-s/
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/*pʰˁ(r)ok-s/
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| English
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fall prostrate
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fall prostrate
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fall prostrate
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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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仆
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仆
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仆
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仆
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仆
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| Reading #
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1/5
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2/5
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3/5
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4/5
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5/5
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| No.
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990
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991
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994
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997
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1002
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Phonetic
component
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卜
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卜
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卜
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卜
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卜
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Rime
group
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候
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幽
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竇
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職
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屋
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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1
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0
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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仆
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副
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赴
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菔
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扑
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Old
Chinese
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/*pʰoːɡs/
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/*pʰus/
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/*pʰoɡs/
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/*bɯːɡ/
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/*pʰoːɡ/
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Definitions
仆
- to fall forward
- to lie prostrate; prone
Compounds
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 仆 – see 僕 (“servant; slave; I; me; your humble servant; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of 僕). |
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References
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “仆”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 179.
Japanese
Kanji
仆
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
仆 (eum 부 (bu))
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Vietnamese
Han character
仆: Hán Nôm readings: bộc, phó
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