幅

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幅 U+5E45, 幅
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E45
← 幄
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 幆 →

Translingual

Stroke order
Japan

(For Chinese,
swap
strokes 11 and 10.)

Han character

幅 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中月一口田 (LBMRW), four-corner 41266, composition ⿰巾畐)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 334, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8995
  • Dae Jaweon: page 641, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 746, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+5E45

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 幅
alternative forms 䋹／䌿
愊
畐 ancient
偪 "leg wrap"

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 幅
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (畐) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
富 *pɯɡs
輻 *pɯɡs, *pɯɡ
副 *pʰɯɡs, *pʰrɯɡ, *pʰɯɡ
褔 *pʰɯɡs
蔔 *bɯːɡ
匐 *bɯːɡ, *bɯɡ
逼 *prɯɡ
偪 *prɯɡ, *pɯɡ
幅 *prɯɡ, *pɯɡ
楅 *prɯɡ, *pɯɡ
湢 *prɯɡ
堛 *pʰrɯɡ
愊 *pʰrɯɡ
踾 *pʰrɯɡ, *brɯɡ, *pɯɡ
揊 *pʰrɯɡ
稫 *pʰrɯɡ
畐 *pʰrɯɡ, *bɯɡ
疈 *pʰrɯɡ
腷 *brɯɡ
鶝 *brɯɡ, *pɯɡ
福 *pɯɡ
蝠 *pɯɡ
葍 *pɯɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *prɯɡ, *pɯɡ): semantic 巾 (“clothing”) + phonetic 畐 (OC *pʰrɯɡ, *bɯɡ).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • fúr:
    • width of textiles;
    • classifier.
Note: pak - vernacular (“classifier for textiles and pictures”), hok - literary.
Rime
Character 幅
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 屋 (4)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 方六切
Baxter pjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pɨuk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/piuk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/piuk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/puwk̚/
Li
Rong 		/piuk̚/
Wang
Li 		/pĭuk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/pi̯uk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		fu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fuk1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 幅
Reading # 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		fú
Middle
Chinese 		‹ pjuwk ›
Old
Chinese 		/*pək/
English width (of cloth); wide

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 幅
Reading # 2/2
No. 3396
Phonetic
component 		畐
Rime
group 		職
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		福
Old
Chinese 		/*pɯɡ/

Definitions

幅

  1. width of textiles
  2. (by extension) width
    幅度  ―  fúdù  ―  range; scope; extent
    振幅  ―  zhènfú  ―  amplitude
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of cloth) hem; margin
    邊幅／边幅  ―  biānfú  ―  cloth margin; (figurative) person's appearance
  4. Classifier for textiles and pictures. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
    一幅畫／一幅画  ―  yī fú huà  ―  a picture
  5. (Cantonese, Hainanese, Nanning Pinghua) Classifier for walls.
Synonyms
  • (classifier for walls):
Dialectal synonyms of 堵 (“(classifier for walls)”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 堵, 面, 道
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 堵, 面, 道
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 堵
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 堵
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 堵
Xi'an 堵
Xining 堵
Lanyin Mandarin Ürümqi 堵
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 堵
Guiyang 堵
Liuzhou 堵
Cantonese Guangzhou 埲, 幅
Hong Kong 埲, 幅
Dongguan 條
Gan Lichuan 扇
Pingxiang 扇, 敦, 陣
Hakka Meixian 皮
Yudu 扇
Huizhou Jixi 堵, 面, 皮
Jin Taiyuan 堵
Xinzhou 堵
Northern Min Jian'ou 板, 堵
Eastern Min Fuzhou 堵, 扇
Southern Min Xiamen 堵
Quanzhou 堵
Zhangzhou 堵
Taipei (Wanhua) 片
Kaohsiung 面
Yilan 堵
Changhua (Lukang) 面
Taichung 片
Taichung (Wuqi) 片
Tainan 堵, 面
Taitung 片
Hsinchu 片
Penghu (Magong) 片
Jieyang 爿, 埤, 片
Puning 方, 埤
Haikou 幅
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 幅
Wu Shanghai 堵
Shanghai (Chongming) 堵
Suzhou 堵
Danyang 堵
Hangzhou 堵
Jinhua 堵
Xiang Changsha 堵

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 幅
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 職 (134)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 彼側切
Baxter pik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/piek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/pik̚/
Li
Rong 		/piək̚/
Wang
Li 		/pĭək̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/pi̯ək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		bik1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 幅 幅
Reading # 1/3 2/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		fú fú
Middle
Chinese 		‹ pik › ‹ pjuwk ›
Old
Chinese 		/*p<r>ək/ /*pək/
English strap around the leg strap around the leg

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 幅
Reading # 1/2
No. 3380
Phonetic
component 		畐
Rime
group 		職
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		逼
Old
Chinese 		/*prɯɡ/

Definitions

幅

  1. (historical) leg wrap made of cloth

References

Japanese

Alternative forms

  • (abbreviation) 巾

Kanji

幅

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. width (of textiles)
  2. width; size of a plane, a surface
  3. counter for paintings and calligraphic works or hanging scrolls
  4. apron
  5. edge (of things)
  6. shin guard

Readings

  • Go-on: ふく (fuku, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: ふく (fuku, Jōyō)
  • Kun: はば (haba, 幅, Jōyō)

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
幅
はば
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Note similarities to Greater Central Philippine *habaʔ (“long (object)”), whence Tagalog habà (“length”), though this is likely coincidental.

Pronunciation

Noun

幅(はば) • (haba) 

  1. width, breadth
  2. free room
  3. difference (between two substances)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
幅
ふく
Grade: S
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 幅 (pjuwk).

Pronunciation

Counter

幅(ふく) • (-fuku) 

  1. counter for scrolls

Noun

幅(ふく) • (fuku) 

  1. scroll

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

幅 • (pok) (hangeul 폭, revised pok, McCune–Reischauer p'ok)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese

Han character

幅: Hán Nôm readings: bức, phúc

  1. classifier for walls, letters, drawings, paintings, photographs, sculptures, or statues

References

  1. ^ Génibrel (1898).
  2. ^ Bonet (1899).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Thiều Chửu (1942).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Nguyễn (1974).
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Vũ (1998).
  6. ^ Trần (1999).
  7. ^ Nguyễn et al. (2009).
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