佈

See also: 布

Translingual

Han character

佈 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人大中月 (OKLB), four-corner 2422₇, composition ⿰亻布)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 98, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 497
• Dae Jaweon: page 206, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 131, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4F48

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Chinese

trad.		佈/布
simp.		布

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 佈
Transcribed ancient scripts L35990 L35991
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (父) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
抪	*paː, *paːs
布	*paːs
佈	*paːs
怖	*pʰaːs
斧	*paʔ
父	*paʔ, *baʔ
蚥	*paʔ, *baʔ
滏	*baʔ
釜	*baʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bù (bu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pò͘

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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: bou³
    • Yale: bou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò͘
    • Tâi-lô: pòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pox
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: puH

Rime
Character	佈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	愽故切
Baxter	puH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/puoH/
Pan Wuyun	/puoH/
Shao Rongfen	/poH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pɔH/
Li Rong	/poH/
Wang Li	/puH/
Bernard Karlgren	/puoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bou3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*paːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	佈
Reading #	1/1
No.	3496
Phonetic component	父
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*paːs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 佈

1. to announce; to proclaim

   宣佈／宣布  ―  xuānbù  ―  to declare, to proclaim, to announce

2. to spread

   遍佈／遍布  ―  biànbù  ―  to be found everywhere, to be spread all over

3. to arrange

   佈兵／布兵  ―  bùbīng  ―  to deploy troops

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Japanese

Kanji

佈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

佈 • (po) (hangeul 포, revised po, McCune–Reischauer p'o)

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Vietnamese

Han character

佈: Hán Việt readings: bố (博(bác)故(cố)切(thiết))
佈: Nôm readings: bố, bô

1. father, daddy, dad

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Zhuang

Noun

佈

1. Sawndip form of boh

Classifier

佈

1. Sawndip form of boux