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Translingual
Han character
瀑 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 水日廿水 (EATE), four-corner 36132, composition ⿰氵暴)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 659, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18609
- Dae Jaweon: page 1069, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1778, character 1
- Unihan data for U+7011
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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暴
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*boːwɢs, *boːɡ
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曝
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*boːwɢs, *boːɡ
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瀑
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*boːwɢs, *boːɡ
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虣
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*boːwɢs
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爆
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*proːwɢs, *poːwɢ, *proːwɢ
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襮
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*poːwɢ, *poːwɢ
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嚗
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*proːwɢ
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謈
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*pʰroːwɢ, *broːwɢ
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犦
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*broːwɢ, *poːwɢ
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懪
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*broːwɢ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *boːwɢs, *boːɡ) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 暴 (OC *boːwɢs, *boːɡ).
Pronunciation 1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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瀑
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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bào
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Middle Chinese
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‹ buwk ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ˁawk/
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English
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waterfall?
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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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瀑
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瀑
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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No.
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332
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345
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Phonetic component
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暴
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暴
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Rime group
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貌
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屋
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Rime subdivision
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3
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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暴
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暴
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Old Chinese
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/*boːwɢs/
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/*boːɡ/
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Definitions
瀑
- waterfall
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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瀑
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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bào
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Middle Chinese
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‹ buwk ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ˁawk/
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English
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waterfall?
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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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瀑
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瀑
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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No.
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332
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345
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Phonetic component
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暴
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暴
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Rime group
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貌
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屋
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Rime subdivision
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3
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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暴
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暴
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Old Chinese
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/*boːwɢs/
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/*boːɡ/
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Definitions
瀑
- heavy rain
- (~河) (river in Henan province)
References
Japanese
Kanji
瀑
(Hyōgai kanji)
- waterfall, cascade
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
瀑 • (pok, po) (hangeul 폭, 포, revised pok, po, McCune–Reischauer p'ok, p'o, Yale phok, pho)
- waterfall, cascade
- heavy rain
Vietnamese
Han character
瀑: Hán Nôm readings: bộc
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