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Translingual
Han character
樸 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 木廿金人 (DTCO), four-corner 42934, composition ⿰木菐)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 551, character 28
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15495
- Dae Jaweon: page 940, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1291, character 4
- Unihan data for U+6A38
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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樸
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*baː, *pʰroːɡ, *poːɡ, *boːɡ
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璞
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*pʰroːɡ
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墣
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*pʰroːɡ, *pʰoːɡ
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撲
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*broːɡ, *pʰoːɡ
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轐
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*poːɡ, *buːɡ
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獛
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*poːɡ
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蹼
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*poːɡ
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襆
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*poːɡ, *boɡ
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濮
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*poːɡ
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纀
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*poːɡ
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醭
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*pʰoːɡ
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僕
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*boːɡ, *buːɡ
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菐
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*boːɡ, *puɡ
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穙
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*boːɡ
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鏷
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*buːɡ
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幞
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*boɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *baː, *pʰroːɡ, *poːɡ, *boːɡ) : semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 菐 (OC *boːɡ, *puɡ).
Pronunciation 1
Note: phoh - vernacular, phok - literary.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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樸
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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pǔ
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Middle Chinese
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‹ phæwk ›
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Old Chinese
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/*pʰˁrok/
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English
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unworked wood
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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樸
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Reading #
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2/4
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No.
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9881
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Phonetic component
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菐
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Rime group
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屋
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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璞
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Old Chinese
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/*pʰroːɡ/
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Definitions
樸
- simple; plain; rough; unpolished
- sincere; honest
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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樸
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Reading #
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3/4
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No.
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9885
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Phonetic component
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菐
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Rime group
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屋
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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卜
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Old Chinese
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/*poːɡ/
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Definitions
樸
- (archaic) a kind of oak
- (archaic) to stick; to adhere
Compounds
Pronunciation 3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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樸
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Reading #
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1/4
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No.
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9879
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Phonetic component
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菐
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Rime group
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魚
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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酺
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Old Chinese
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/*baː/
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Definitions
樸
- Only used in 樸𠟼/朴𠟼.
Pronunciation 4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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樸
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Reading #
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4/4
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No.
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9894
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Phonetic component
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菐
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Rime group
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屋
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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暴
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Old Chinese
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/*boːɡ/
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Definitions
樸
- ‡ dense (of trees)
References
Japanese
Kanji
樸
(Hyōgai kanji)
- unworked wood, bark of a tree
- sincere, honest
Readings
Korean
Hanja
樸 • (bok, bak) (hangeul 복, 박, revised bok, bak, McCune–Reischauer pok, pak, Yale pok, pak)
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Vietnamese
Han character
樸: Hán Nôm readings: phác, bốc
- sharpen, peel
- rough, crude