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Translingual
Han character
頗 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+5, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木水一月金 (DEMBC), four-corner 41286, composition ⿰皮頁)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1402, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43415
- Dae Jaweon: page 1919, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4366, character 10
- Unihan data for U+9817
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 陂
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*pral, *prals
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| 詖
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*pral, *prals
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| 彼
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*pralʔ
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| 柀
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*pralʔ
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| 佊
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*pralʔ, *prals
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| 貱
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*prals
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| 跛
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*prals, *paːlʔ
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| 披
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*pʰral, *pʰralʔ
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| 鈹
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*pʰral
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| 帔
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*pʰral, *pʰrals
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| 鮍
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*pʰral
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| 耚
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*pʰral
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| 狓
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*pʰral
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| 翍
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*pʰral
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| 旇
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*pʰral, *brals
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| 秛
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*pʰral, *pʰrals
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| 紴
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*pʰralʔ, *paːl
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| 皮
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*bral
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| 疲
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*bral
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| 被
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*bralʔ, *brals
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| 髲
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*brals
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| 鞁
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*brals
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| 骳
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*mbralʔ
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| 波
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*paːl
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| 碆
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*paːl, *baːl
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| 菠
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*paːl
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| 簸
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*paːlʔ, *paːls
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| 駊
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*paːlʔ, *pʰaːlʔ
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| 頗
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*pʰaːl, *pʰaːlʔ, *pʰaːls
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| 坡
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*pʰaːl
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| 玻
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*pʰaːl
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| 破
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*pʰaːls
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| 婆
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*baːl
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| 蔢
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*baːl
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰaːl, *pʰaːlʔ, *pʰaːls) : phonetic 皮 (OC *bral) + semantic 頁.
Pronunciation
Note:
- puō - vernacular (“about, almost”);
- pō̤ - literary.
| Rime
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| Character
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頗
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頗
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頗
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| Reading #
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1/3
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2/3
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3/3
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| Initial (聲)
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滂 (2)
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滂 (2)
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滂 (2)
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| Final (韻)
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戈 (95)
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戈 (95)
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戈 (95)
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| Tone (調)
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Level (Ø)
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Rising (X)
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Departing (H)
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| Openness (開合)
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Closed
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Closed
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Closed
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| Division (等)
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I
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I
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I
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| Fanqie
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滂禾切
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普火切
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普過切
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| Baxter
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pha
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phaX
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phaH
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| Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang
Shangfang
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/pʰuɑ/
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/pʰuɑX/
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/pʰuɑH/
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Pan
Wuyun
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/pʰuɑ/
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/pʰuɑX/
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/pʰuɑH/
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Shao
Rongfen
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/pʰuɑ/
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/pʰuɑX/
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/pʰuɑH/
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Edwin
Pulleyblank
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/pʰwa/
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/pʰwaX/
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/pʰwaH/
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Li
Rong
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/pʰuɑ/
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/pʰuɑX/
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/pʰuɑH/
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Wang
Li
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/pʰuɑ/
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/pʰuɑX/
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/pʰuɑH/
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Bernard
Karlgren
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/pʰuɑ/
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/pʰuɑX/
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/pʰuɑH/
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Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
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pō
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pǒ
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pò
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Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
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po1
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po2
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po3
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| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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頗
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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pō
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ pha ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*pʰˁa/
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| English
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slanting, oblique
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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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頗
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頗
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頗
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| Reading #
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1/3
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2/3
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3/3
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| No.
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9727
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9730
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9733
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Phonetic
component
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皮
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皮
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皮
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Rime
group
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歌
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歌
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歌
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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頗
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叵
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破
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Old
Chinese
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/*pʰaːl/
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/*pʰaːlʔ/
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/*pʰaːls/
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Definitions
頗
- (literary) leaning to one side; oblique; slanting
- (literary or Hong Kong) very; rather; quite; considerably
- 頗大／颇大 ― pō dà ― rather big
- (Eastern Min) about; almost
- a surname: Po
Synonyms
- 不要太 (bùyàotài) (slang)
- 十分 (shífēn)
- 危險／危险 (Wu)
- 壞／坏 (huài)
- 孔 (kǒng) (literary, or in compounds)
- 很 (hěn)
- 極其／极其 (jíqí)
- 極度／极度 (jídù)
- 極為／极为 (jíwéi)
- 極端／极端 (jíduān)
- 滾／滚 (gǔn) (literary, or in compounds)
- 異常／异常 (yìcháng)
- 老大 (lǎodà) (colloquial, usually in the negative)
- 良
- 超 (chāo)
- 非常 (fēicháng)
- 頗為／颇为 (pōwéi) (literary)
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
頗
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
頗 • (pa) (hangeul 파, revised pa, McCune–Reischauer p'a, Yale pha)
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Vietnamese
Han character
頗: Hán Việt readings: pha[1][2], phả
頗: Nôm readings: phở[2], pha[2], phả[1], và[1][2]
- Nôm form of phở (“pho”).
References