匏

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匏 U+530F, 匏
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-530F
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Translingual

Han character

匏 (Kangxi radical 20, 勹+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大尸心口山 (KSPRU), four-corner 47212, composition ⿰夸包)

  1. gourd
  2. musical instrument

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 151, character 33
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2544
  • Dae Jaweon: page 341, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 542, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+530F

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 匏

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (勹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
袍 *buː
袌 *buː, *buːs
軳 *buː
抱 *buːʔ
勽 *buːs, *mɯnʔ
菢 *buːs
勹 *pruː
包 *pruː
胞 *pruː, *pʰruː
苞 *pruː
枹 *pruː, *bu, *bu
飽 *pruːʔ
泡 *pʰruː, *m̥ʰruːs, *bruː
炮 *pʰruːs, *bruː
皰 *pʰruːs, *bruːs
疱 *pʰruːs, *bruːs
跑 *bruː, *bruːɡ
咆 *bruː
庖 *bruː
匏 *bruː
刨 *bruː
狍 *bruː
炰 *bruː
鉋 *bruː, *bruːs
瓟 *bruː, *bruːɡ
颮 *bruː, *pʰruːɡ
鞄 *bruː, *bruːʔ, *bruːs, *pʰruːɡ
鮑 *bruːʔ
骲 *bruːʔ, *bruːs, *bruːɡ, *pʰoːɡ
玸 *bu
雹 *bruːɡ
窇 *bruːɡ

Etymology

Cognate with 瓢 (OC *bew, “gourd; dried gourd ladle”), as well as Proto-Lolo-Burmese *pu (“pumpkin, gourd”), whence Burmese ဘူး (bhu:, “gourd”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • pâu - literary;
  • pû - vernacular.
    Rime
    Character 匏
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 並 (3)
    Final (韻) 肴 (90)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) II
    Fanqie 薄交切
    Baxter baew
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/bˠau/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/bᵚau/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/bau/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/baɨw/
    Li
    Rong         		/bau/
    Wang
    Li         		/bau/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/bʱau/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		páo
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		paau4
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 匏
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		páo
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ bæw ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ˁru/
    English gourd

    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 匏
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 288
    Phonetic
    component         		勹
    Rime
    group         		幽
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		庖
    Old
    Chinese         		/*bruː/

    Definitions

    匏

    1. gourd
    2. one of the eight categories of musical instruments in the Chinese bayin (八音) classification system, most prominently including mouth organs

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Kanji

    匏

    (Hyōgai kanji)

    1. gourd

    Readings

    • On (unclassified): ほう (hō)
    • Kun: ひさご (hisago)

    Korean

    Hanja

    匏 • (po) (hangeul 포, revised po, McCune–Reischauer p'o)

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    匏 (bào, bầu)

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