馥

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馥 U+99A5, 馥
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-99A5
← 馤
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 馦 →

Translingual

Han character

馥 (Kangxi radical 186, 香+9, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹日人日水 (HAOAE), four-corner 28647, composition ⿰香复)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1429, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44545
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1956, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4424, character 21
  • Unihan data for U+99A5

Chinese

trad. 馥
simp. # 馥
alternative forms 䫝
𪐒
𩡘

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 馥
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (复) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
愎 *brɯɡ
鍑 *puɡs, *puɡ
覆 *pʰuɡs, *buɡs, *pʰɯːɡ, *pʰuɡ
復 *buɡs, *buɡ
椱 *buɡs, *buɡ
複 *buɡs, *puɡ
馥 *brɯɡ, *buɡ
腹 *puɡ
輹 *puɡ, *buɡ
蝮 *pʰuɡ
蕧 *pʰuɡ, *buɡ
复 *buɡ
鰒 *buɡ
澓 *buɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *brɯɡ, *buɡ) : semantic 香 (“fragrance”) + phonetic 复 (OC *buɡ).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 馥
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 屋 (4)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 房六切
Baxter bjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/bɨuk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/biuk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/biuk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/buwk̚/
Li
Rong 		/biuk̚/
Wang
Li 		/bĭuk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/bʱi̯uk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		fú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fuk6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 馥
Reading # 2/2
No. 3551
Phonetic
component 		复
Rime
group 		覺
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		伏
Old
Chinese 		/*buɡ/

Definitions

馥

  1. (literary) fragrance; scent; aroma
  2. (literary) fragrant; aromatic

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 馥
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 職 (134)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 符逼切
Baxter bik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/bɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/bɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/biek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/bik̚/
Li
Rong 		/biək̚/
Wang
Li 		/bĭək̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/bʱi̯ək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		bik6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 馥
Reading # 1/2
No. 3542
Phonetic
component 		复
Rime
group 		職
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		愎
Old
Chinese 		/*brɯɡ/

Definitions

馥

  1. (onomatopoeia) sound of an arrow striking

References

Japanese

Kanji

馥

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: びき (biki)、ぶく (buku)
  • Kan-on: ひょく (hyoku)、ふく (fuku)
  • Kun: か (ka)、かおる (kaoru, 馥る)
  • Nanori: かおる (kaoru)

Korean

Hanja

馥 • (bok) (hangeul 복, revised bok, McCune–Reischauer pok, Yale pok)

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Vietnamese

Han character

馥: Hán Nôm readings: phục, phúc, phốc, phức

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