埗

埗 U+57D7, 埗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-57D7 ← 埖 [U+57D6] CJK Unified Ideographs 埘 → [U+57D8]

Translingual

Han character

埗 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 土卜中竹 (GYLH), composition ⿰土步)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 230, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 443, character 14
• Unihan data for U+57D7

Chinese

simp. and trad.		埗

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 步 (OC *baːs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bù (bu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bù
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴
    • Yale: bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buh
    • Palladius: бу (bu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou⁶
    • Yale: bouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²²/

Definitions

埗

1. (chiefly Cantonese) Alternative form of 埠 (“dock; port”), mostly used in place names.

Compounds

• 到埗
• 地埗
• 寮埗
• 抵埗
• 深水埗 (Shēnshuǐbù, “Sham Shui Po”)
• 高埗

 

Japanese

Kanji

埗

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• On (unclassified): ほ (ho)