僰

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僰 U+50F0, 僰
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50F0
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 僱 →

Translingual

Han character

僰 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木月人 (DBO), four-corner 44402, composition ⿱棘人)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 118, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1134
  • Dae Jaweon: page 250, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 216, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+50F0

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 僰
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Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 僰
s05904
Transcribed ancient scripts
L38484
L38485
L28962
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).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bɯːɡ, *brɯɡɡ) : phonetic 棘 (OC *krɯɡ) + semantic 人 (“person; people”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 僰
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 德 (131)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 蒲北切
Baxter bok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/bək̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/bək̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/bək̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/bək̚/
Li
Rong 		/bək̚/
Wang
Li 		/bək̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/bʱək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bó
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		bak6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 僰 僰
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 988 989
Phonetic
component 		僰 僰
Rime
group 		職 職
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		菔 愎
Old
Chinese 		/*bɯːɡ/ /*brɯɡɡ/
Notes 據德韻蒲北切又音加

Definitions

僰

  1. (historical) an ancient aboriginal tribe in southwestern China
  2. † to exile; to banish

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

僰

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): ほく (hoku)、ぼく (boku)

Korean

Hanja

僰 (eum 북 (buk))

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