勃

See also: 艴

Translingual

Han character

勃 (radical 19 力+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十木大尸 (JDKS), four-corner 4442₇, composition ⿰孛力)

1. suddenly, sudden, quick

References

• KangXi: page 147, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2351
• Dae Jaweon: page 332, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 370, character 15
• Unihan data for U+52C3

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		勃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bó (bo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): but⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): pu̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: bó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ
    • Wade-Giles: po²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor
    • IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: but⁶
    • Yale: buht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: but⁹
    • IPA ^(key): /puːt̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pu̍t
    • Tâi-lô: pu̍t
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚¹²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (勃, reconstructed)
Character (勃), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 並 (3) Final: 沒 Division: I			Openness: Closed Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 蒲没切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/buət̚/	/bʱuət̚/	/buət̚/	/buot̚/	/bwət̚/	/buət̚/	/buət̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (勃, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
勃								bó								‹ bwot ›								/*[b]ˤut/								confused
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
勃					974					孛					物					1					勃					/*bɯːd/

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Japanese

Kanji

勃

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. suddenness, something that happens suddenly
2. rise

Readings

• Kan’on: ほつ (hotsu)
• Kan’yōon: ぼつ (botsu)
• Kun: にわかに (niwakani), おこる (okoru)

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Korean

Hanja

勃 (bal) (hangeul 발, revised bal, McCune-Reischauer pal)

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Vietnamese

Han character

勃 (bột)

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