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苞 U+82DE, 苞
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Translingual

Han character

苞 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 廿心口山 (TPRU), four-corner 44712, composition ⿱艹包)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1023, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30789
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1482, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3195, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+82DE

Chinese

trad. 苞
simp. # 苞
alternative forms 笣

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 苞
Shang Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (勹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
袍 *buː
袌 *buː, *buːs
軳 *buː
抱 *buːʔ
勽 *buːs, *mɯnʔ
菢 *buːs
勹 *pruː
包 *pruː
胞 *pruː, *pʰruː
苞 *pruː
枹 *pruː, *bu, *bu
飽 *pruːʔ
泡 *pʰruː, *m̥ʰruːs, *bruː
炮 *pʰruːs, *bruː
皰 *pʰruːs, *bruːs
疱 *pʰruːs, *bruːs
跑 *bruː, *bruːɡ
咆 *bruː
庖 *bruː
匏 *bruː
刨 *bruː
狍 *bruː
炰 *bruː
鉋 *bruː, *bruːs
瓟 *bruː, *bruːɡ
颮 *bruː, *pʰruːɡ
鞄 *bruː, *bruːʔ, *bruːs, *pʰruːɡ
鮑 *bruːʔ
骲 *bruːʔ, *bruːs, *bruːɡ, *pʰoːɡ
玸 *bu
雹 *bruːɡ
窇 *bruːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pruː): semantic 艹 + phonetic 包 (OC *pruː).

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔ-bu ~ *pu (“to be born; birth; bud; bloom”). See 阜 (OC *buʔ, “big mound”) for more.[1]

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 苞
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 肴 (90)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 布交切
Baxter paew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pˠau/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pᵚau/
Shao
Rongfen 		/pau/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/paɨw/
Li
Rong 		/pau/
Wang
Li 		/pau/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/pau/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bāo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		baau1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 苞
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		bāo
Middle
Chinese 		‹ pæw ›
Old
Chinese 		/*pˁ<r>u/
English reed mat for wrapping

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 苞
Reading # 1/1
No. 275
Phonetic
component 		勹
Rime
group 		幽
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		包
Old
Chinese 		/*pruː/

Definitions

苞

  1. † bulrush (for making mats and straw sandals)
  2. † root or stem of plants
  3. † growing in profusion; luxuriant; profuse
  4. (botany) bract; bud
  5. † Alternative form of 包 (“to wrap up; to surround”)
  6. a surname
Synonyms
  • (bud): 蕾 (lěi)

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

苞

  1. † Alternative form of 匏 (páo, “gourd”)

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

苞

  1. † Alternative form of 藨 (“bulrush”)

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-U Finals (47. Bud; to Bud; edible Bulb Root)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 33

Japanese

Kanji

苞

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. husk
  2. bract
  3. straw wrapper
  4. souvenir gift
  5. bribe

Readings

Etymology

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Kanji in this term
苞
ほう
Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

苞(ほう) • (hō) ←はう (fau)?

  1. (botany) bract

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

苞 • (po) (hangeul 포, revised po, McCune–Reischauer p'o, Yale pho)

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Vietnamese

Nom glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pruː): semantic 艹 (thảo, “grass (radical form)”) + phonetic 包 (bao).

Han character

苞: Hán Việt readings: bao[1][2][3]
苞: Nôm readings: bèo[4][5], bào[6], vầu

  1. chữ Nôm form of bèo (“duckweed”).

References

  1. ^ Trần (1999).
  2. ^ Nguyễn (1974).
  3. ^ Thiều Chửu (1942).
  4. ^ Nguyễn (2014).
  5. ^ Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  6. ^ Trần (2004).
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