傅

Translingual

Han character

傅 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+10, 12 strokes, cangjie input 人戈月戈 (OIBI), four-corner 2324₂, composition ⿰亻尃)

Derived characters

• 𭗚, 𦺉

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 112, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 939
• Dae Jaweon: page 240, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 201, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5085

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Chinese

trad.		傅
simp. #		傅
alternative forms		付 2nd‐round simp.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 傅
Bronze inscriptions b12301 Small seal script s05757 Transcribed ancient scripts L36059 L36060 L36061 L36062 L36063 L36064 L36065 L36066 L36067 L36068 L36069 L36070 L20804 L20805 L20806 L20807 L20808 L20809 L20810 L20811 L20812
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 (甫) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
豧	*pʰoːs, *pʰa, *pʰas
縛	*baːɡs, *baɡ
逋	*paː
餔	*paː, *baːs
晡	*paː
庯	*paː
陠	*paː, *pʰaː
鵏	*paː, *baːs
峬	*paː
誧	*paː, *pʰaː, *pʰaːʔ, *pʰaːs
秿	*paː, *pʰa, *baʔ
鯆	*paː, *pʰaː, *paʔ
補	*paːʔ
圃	*paːʔ, *paːs
鋪	*pʰaː, *pʰaːs, *pʰa
痡	*pʰaː, *pʰa
浦	*pʰaːʔ
烳	*pʰaːʔ
溥	*pʰaːʔ, *paːɡ
悑	*pʰaːs
酺	*baː
匍	*baː
蜅	*baː, *paʔ
脯	*baː, *paʔ
葡	*baː
蒱	*baː
蒲	*baː
簿	*baːʔ, *baːɡ
捕	*baːs
哺	*baːs
簠	*pa, *paʔ, *pʰas
甫	*paʔ
黼	*paʔ
莆	*paʔ
俌	*paʔ, *pʰaʔ
郙	*paʔ, *pʰa
傅	*paɡs
搏	*paɡs, *paːɡ, *pʰaːɡ
麱	*pʰa
尃	*pʰa
榑	*ba
輔	*baʔ
鬴	*baʔ
賻	*baɡs
博	*paːɡ
髆	*paːɡ
鎛	*paːɡ
猼	*paːɡ
餺	*paːɡ
簙	*paːɡ
鑮	*paːɡ, *baːɡ
欂	*paːɡ, *baɡ, *breːɡ
蒪	*pʰaːɡ
膊	*pʰaːɡ
薄	*baːɡ
礡	*baːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *paɡs) : semantic 人 (“man”) + phonetic 尃 (OC *pʰa).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fù (fu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fu
• Northern Min (KCR): hu̿
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pò͘ / hù / hū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hu³ / bou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fù
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fù
    • Wade–Giles: fu⁴
    • Yale: fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuh
    • Palladius: фу (fu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fu⁶
    • Yale: fuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fu
    • Hakka Romanization System: fu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fu⁵⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hu̿
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò͘
    • Tâi-lô: pòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pox
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /pɔ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hù
    • Tâi-lô: hù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hux
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hu²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hū
    • Tâi-lô: hū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hu
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hu³³/

Note:

• pò͘ - vernacular (including surname);
• hù/hū - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: hu³ / bou³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hù / pòu
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hu²¹³/, /pou²¹³/

Note: bou3 - surname.

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• Middle Chinese: pjuH

Rime
Character	傅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	方遇切
Baxter	pjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/pioH/
Shao Rongfen	/pioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puə̆H/
Li Rong	/pioH/
Wang Li	/pĭuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b](r)[a]-s/, /*p(r)a(ʔ)-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*paɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	傅	傅
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fù	fù
Middle Chinese	‹ bjuH ›	‹ pjuH ›
Old Chinese	/*[b](r)[a]-s/	/*p(r)a(ʔ)-s/
English	be attached	teacher
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	傅
Reading #	1/1
No.	3457
Phonetic component	甫
Rime group	暮
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	付
Old Chinese	/*paɡs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 傅

1. ^† tutor; teacher
2. ^† to assist
3. ^† to teach; to instruct
4. ^† to attach to; to adhere to
5. ^† to apply; to lay on; to lace

   • 箭鏃傅毒藥 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     箭镞傅毒药 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tang Dynasty, Fan Chuo, Manshu, chapter 4, part 17

     jiànzú fù dúyào [Pinyin]

     arrowheads laced with poison

   • 繡面蠻初生後出月，以針刺面上，以青黛傅之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     绣面蛮初生后出月，以针刺面上，以青黛傅之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tang Dynasty, Fan Chuo, Manshu, chapter 4, part 18

     Xiùmiànmán chūshēng hòu chūyuè, yǐ zhēncì miànshàng, yǐ qīngdài fù zhī. [Pinyin]

     The Face Tattoo Barbarians are tattooed on their face the month after birth, using needles laced with indigo dye.

6. a surname

Usage notes

See 付.

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Japanese

Kanji

傅

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ふ (fu)
• Kan-on: ふ (fu)
• Kun: かしずく (kashizuku, 傅く); もり (mori); つく (tsuku)

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Korean

Hanja

傅 (eum 부 (bu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

傅: Hán Nôm readings: phó

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