培

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培 U+57F9, 培
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-57F9
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Translingual

Han character

培 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 土卜廿口 (GYTR), four-corner 40161, composition ⿰土咅)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 231, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5195
  • Dae Jaweon: page 468, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 457, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+57F9

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 培

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (咅) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蓓 *bɯːʔ, *bɯːʔ
倍 *bɯːʔ
菩 *bɯːʔ, *bɯʔ, *bɯː, *bɯːɡ
掊 *bruː, *poːʔ, *bɯ, *bɯ
剖 *pʰoːʔ, *pʰoʔ
婄 *pʰɯʔ, *bɯʔ, *bɯː
踣 *pʰɯs, *bɯːɡ
箁 *bɯ
咅 *pʰɯʔ, *pʰl'oːs
部 *boːʔ, *boːʔ, *boːʔ, *boːʔ
培 *boːʔ, *bɯː
犃 *boːʔ
瓿 *boːʔ, *bɯ, *bo
殕 *pɯʔ, *pʰoʔ, *qɯːɡ
醅 *pʰɯ, *pʰɯː
棓 *bɯ, *broːŋʔ, *bɯː
涪 *bɯ
賠 *bɯː
陪 *bɯː
毰 *bɯː
焙 *bɯːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *boːʔ, *bɯː): semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 咅 (OC *pʰɯʔ, *pʰl'oːs).

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • pôe - literary;
  • pê - vernacular.
Rime
Character 培
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 灰 (42)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 薄回切
Baxter bwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/buʌi/
Pan
Wuyun 		/buoi/
Shao
Rongfen 		/buɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/bwəj/
Li
Rong 		/buᴀi/
Wang
Li 		/buɒi/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/bʱuɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		péi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		pui4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 培
Reading # 2/2
No. 9865
Phonetic
component 		咅
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		裴
Old
Chinese 		/*bɯː/

Definitions

培

  1. (agriculture) to hill up; to earth up; to bank up
  2. to cultivate; to educate; to foster
  3. to bury
  4. a surname
Synonyms
  • (to hill up):

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 培
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 蒲口切
Baxter buwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/bəuX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/bəuX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/bəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/bəwX/
Li
Rong 		/buX/
Wang
Li 		/bəuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/bʱə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bòu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		bau6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 培
Reading # 1/2
No. 9848
Phonetic
component 		咅
Rime
group 		侯
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		部
Old
Chinese 		/*boːʔ/

Definitions

培

  1. (archaic) small hill; barrow; grave

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

培

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. cultivate
  2. foster

Readings

  • Go-on: ばい (bai, Jōyō)、ぶ (bu)、べ (be)
  • Kan-on: はい (hai)、ほう (hō)
  • Kun: つちかう (tsuchikau, 培う, Jōyō)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

培 (eumhun 북을 돋울 배 (bugeul dodul bae))

  1. hanja form? of 배 (“bank up with dirt, raise, cultivate”)

培 (eumhun 언덕 부 (eondeok bu))

  1. hanja form? of 부 (“hill, mound”)

Vietnamese

Han character

培: Hán Nôm readings: bồi, bổi, bòi, bụi, vùi

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