普

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): 並 (“two”) + 日 (“sun”)

Han character

普 (radical 72 日+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿金日 (TCA), four-corner 8060₁, composition ⿱並日)

1. universal, general, widespread

Derived terms

• 譜

References

• KangXi: page 496, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13982
• Dae Jaweon: page 862, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1521, character 2
• Unihan data for U+666E

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		普

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pǔ (pu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pou², bou²
• Min Nan (POJ): phó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: pǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˇ
    • Wade-Giles: p'u³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: puu
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pou², bou²
    • Yale: póu, bóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pou², bou²
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯³⁵ pou̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phó͘
    • Tâi-lô: phó͘
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔ⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (普, reconstructed)
Character (普), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 滂 (2) Final: 模 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 滂古切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/pʰuoX/	/pʰuoX/	/pʰoX/	/pʰuoX/	/pʰɔX/	/pʰuX/	/pʰoX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (普, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
普					9905					普					魚					0					普					/*pʰaːʔ/

Compounds

• 普遍

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Japanese

Kanji

普

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On: ふ (fu), ほ (ho)
• Kun: あまねし (amaneshi)

Compounds

• 普通 (ふつう) (futsū, “ordinary”)
• 普及 (ふきゅう) (fukyū, “spread”)
• 普段 (ふだん) (fudan, “usual”)
• 普遍 (ふへん) (fuhen, “ubiquitous”)

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Korean

Hanja

普 (bo) (hangeul 보, revised bo, McCune-Reischauer po, Yale po)

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Vietnamese

Han character

普 (phổ, phơ)

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