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U+5B5B, 孛
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B5B

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 39, +4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 十月弓木 (JBND), four-corner 40407, composition ⿱⿱)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 278, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6949
  • Dae Jaweon: page 546, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1011, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5B5B

Chinese

simp. and trad.
alternative forms 𡥇
𡥞

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : 𣎵 (growth) + (child) – growing; vibrant; spirited. Original form of (OC *bɯːd, “exuberant”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation 1



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (3) (3)
Final () (42) (56)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter bwojH bwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/buʌiH/ /buət̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/buoiH/ /buot̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/buɒiH/ /buət̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/bwəjH/ /bwət̚/
Li
Rong
/buᴀiH/ /buət̚/
Wang
Li
/buɒiH/ /buət̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱuɑ̆iH/ /bʱuət̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
bèi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bui6 but6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
bèi
Middle
Chinese
‹ bwojH › ‹ bwot ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁt-s/ /*ˁt/
English comet comet

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
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 970 982
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*bɯːds/ /*bɯːd/
Definitions

  1. luxuriant; lush; flourishing
  2. radiance of comets; comet
      ―  xīngbèi  ―  comet
  3. Alternative form of (disorderly; deviant; conflicting)
  4. a surname
Compounds

Pronunciation 2


Definitions

  1. prefix particle in certain nouns
  2. Original form of (, “to change countenance; to become agitated”).
Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“exuberant; flourishing; vigorous; suddenly; etc.”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of ).
Notes:

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“Bohai Sea; surging; swelling”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of ).
Notes:

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“neck”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of ).
Notes:

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“steamed bun; pastry; cake; bubble on the surface of tea”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of ).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. to happen suddenly
  2. comet

Readings

From Middle Chinese (MC bwot); compare Mandarin ():

  • Go-on: ぼち (bochi)ぼち (boti, historical)
  • Kan-on: ほつ (hotsu)ほつ (fotu, historical)
  • Kan’yō-on: ぼつ (botsu)

From Middle Chinese (MC bwojH); compare Mandarin (bèi):

From native Japanese roots:

Compounds

Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

(eumhun 살별 (salbyeol pae))

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Etymology 2

Hanja

(eumhun 안색 변할 (ansaek byeonhal bal))

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Việt readings: bột
: Nôm readings: bụt

  1. Nôm form of Bụt (Buddha).