僕
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See also 仆
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Translingual [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 亻 (“man”) + phonetic 菐
Han character [edit]
僕 (radical 9 人+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人廿金人 (OTCO), four-corner 22234, composition ⿰亻菐)
Derived terms [edit]
References [edit]
- KangXi: page 116, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1094
- Dae Jaweon: page 247, character 30
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 218, character 9
- Unihan data for U+50D5
Cantonese [edit]
Hanzi [edit]
僕 (simplified 仆, jyutping buk6, Yale buk6)
Japanese [edit]
Kanji [edit]
Readings [edit]
Compounds [edit]
Pronunciation 1 [edit]
Pronoun [edit]
僕 (hiragana ぼく, katakana ボク, romaji boku)
- I (personal pronoun; implies that the speaker is a young boy or otherwise boyish)
- you; he; she (when the person to which this refers uses this term to refer to themselves, or is one who is assumed to use it, such as a young boy)
Usage notes [edit]
If used by an adult male, semi-formal; in formal conversation 私 is preferred, while in casual conversation 俺 is preferred.
Related terms [edit]
Pronunciation 2 [edit]
Noun [edit]
僕 (hiragana しもべ, romaji shimobe)
Korean [edit]
Hanja [edit]
僕 (hangeul 복, revised bok, McCune-Reischauer pok, Yale pok)
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Mandarin [edit]
Hanzi [edit]
僕 (simplified 仆, pinyin pú (pu2), Wade-Giles p'u2)
Middle Chinese [edit]
Han character [edit]
僕 (*bhuk)
