扑

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See also: 撲
扑 U+6251, 扑
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6251
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Translingual

Han character

扑 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 手卜 (QY), four-corner 43000, composition ⿰扌卜)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 417, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11779
  • Dae Jaweon: page 763, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1827, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+6251

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (卜) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
仆 *pʰoːɡs, *pʰus, *pʰoɡs, *bɯːɡ, *pʰoːɡ
赴 *pʰoɡs
訃 *pʰoɡs
朴 *pʰroːɡ
圤 *pʰroːɡ
卜 *poːɡ
鳪 *poːɡ
扑 *pʰoːɡ
攴 *pʰoːɡ, *pʰroːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰoːɡ) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 卜 (OC *poːɡ).

Officially adopted as the simplified form of 撲 in the Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (《漢字簡化方案》) in 1956.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
 扑

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 扑
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 滂 (2)
Final (韻) 屋 (3)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 普木切
Baxter phuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pʰuk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pʰuk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/pʰuk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/pʰəwk̚/
Li
Rong 		/pʰuk̚/
Wang
Li 		/pʰuk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/pʰuk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		pu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		puk1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 扑
Reading # 1/1
No. 1000
Phonetic
component 		卜
Rime
group 		屋
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		扑
Old
Chinese 		/*pʰoːɡ/

Definitions

扑

  1. whip

Compounds

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 扑
alternative forms 㩧
搏

Pronunciation

Definitions

扑

  1. (Cantonese) to hit; to strike
    用個水樽扑人個頭 [Cantonese, trad.]
    用个水樽扑人个头 [Cantonese, simp.]
    jung6 go3 seoi2 zeon1 bok1 jan4 go3 tau4
    to hit someone's head with a water bottle
  2. (Cantonese) to have sex
    扑嘢 [Cantonese]  ―  bok1 je5   ―  to have sex
Compounds

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 扑 – see 撲 (“to beat; to strike; to pat; to slap; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of 撲).
Notes:

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 扑 – see 仆 (“to fall forward; to lie prostrate; prone”).
(This character is a variant form of 仆).

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 扑 – see 㩧 (“to strike; to beat; the sound of hitting something”).
(This character is a variant form of 㩧).

Etymology 6

For pronunciation and definitions of 扑 – see 揊.
(This character is a variant form of 揊).

References

Tày

Noun

扑 (buốc)

  1. Nôm form of buốc (“catty”).
    保眉帝色排色扑
    Bấu mì đảy sắc vài sắc buốc
    I don't have a single handful or catty of something

Verb

扑 (pốc)

  1. Nôm form of pốc (“to bury; to hide”).
    𫪄扑捤父𫰤盆
    Kin pốc vậy, vỏ mẻ buồn
    you eat on the sly, your parents will be sad

References

  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
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