匍

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匍 U+530D, 匍
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-530D
← 匌
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 匎 →

Translingual

Han character

匍 (Kangxi radical 20, 勹+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 心戈十月 (PIJB), four-corner 27220, composition ⿹勹甫)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 151, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2527
  • Dae Jaweon: page 340, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 259, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+530D

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 匍

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 匍
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (甫) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
豧 *pʰoːs, *pʰa, *pʰas
縛 *baːɡs, *baɡ
逋 *paː
餔 *paː, *baːs
晡 *paː
庯 *paː
陠 *paː, *pʰaː
鵏 *paː, *baːs
峬 *paː
誧 *paː, *pʰaː, *pʰaːʔ, *pʰaːs
秿 *paː, *pʰa, *baʔ
鯆 *paː, *pʰaː, *paʔ
補 *paːʔ
圃 *paːʔ, *paːs
鋪 *pʰaː, *pʰaːs, *pʰa
痡 *pʰaː, *pʰa
浦 *pʰaːʔ
烳 *pʰaːʔ
溥 *pʰaːʔ, *paːɡ
悑 *pʰaːs
酺 *baː
匍 *baː
蜅 *baː, *paʔ
脯 *baː, *paʔ
葡 *baː
蒱 *baː
蒲 *baː
簿 *baːʔ, *baːɡ
捕 *baːs
哺 *baːs
簠 *pa, *paʔ, *pʰas
甫 *paʔ
黼 *paʔ
莆 *paʔ
俌 *paʔ, *pʰaʔ
郙 *paʔ, *pʰa
傅 *paɡs
搏 *paɡs, *paːɡ, *pʰaːɡ
麱 *pʰa
尃 *pʰa
榑 *ba
輔 *baʔ
鬴 *baʔ
賻 *baɡs
博 *paːɡ
髆 *paːɡ
鎛 *paːɡ
猼 *paːɡ
餺 *paːɡ
簙 *paːɡ
鑮 *paːɡ, *baːɡ
欂 *paːɡ, *baɡ, *breːɡ
蒪 *pʰaːɡ
膊 *pʰaːɡ
薄 *baːɡ
礡 *baːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *baː): semantic 勹 + phonetic 甫 (OC *paʔ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 匍
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 薄胡切
Baxter bu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/buo/
Pan
Wuyun 		/buo/
Shao
Rongfen 		/bo/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/bɔ/
Li
Rong 		/bo/
Wang
Li 		/bu/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/bʱuo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		pú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		pou4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 匍
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		pú
Middle
Chinese 		‹ bu ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁa/
English crawl

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 匍
Reading # 1/1
No. 3436
Phonetic
component 		甫
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		酺
Old
Chinese 		/*baː/

Definitions

匍

  1. only used in 匍匐 (púfú)
Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 匍 – see 撫 (“to stroke; to caress; to pat; to strike; to clap; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 撫).

Japanese

Kanji

匍

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): ほ (ho)
  • Kun: はう (hau)

Korean

Hanja

匍 (eum 포 (po))

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Vietnamese

Han character

匍: Hán Nôm readings: bò

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