僰

僰 U+50F0, 僰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50F0 ← 僯 [U+50EF] CJK Unified Ideographs 僱 → [U+50F1]

Translingual

Han character

僰 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木月人 (DBO), four-corner 4440₂, composition ⿱棘人)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 118, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1134
• Dae Jaweon: page 250, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 216, character 1
• Unihan data for U+50F0

Chinese

simp. and trad.		僰

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 僰
Small seal script s05904 Transcribed ancient scripts L38484 L38485 L28962
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).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bɯːɡ, *brɯɡɡ) : phonetic 棘 (OC *krɯɡ) + semantic 人 (“person; people”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bó (bo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat⁶, baak⁶, bok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bó
    • Wade–Giles: po²
    • Yale: bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor
    • Palladius: бо (bo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat⁶, baak⁶, bok³
    • Yale: baht, baahk, bok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁹, baak⁹, bok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed⁶, bag⁶, bog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚²/, /paːk̚²/, /pɔːk̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: bok

Rime
Character	僰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	登 (131)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蒲北切
Baxter	bok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/bək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/bək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bək̚/
Li Rong	/bək̚/
Wang Li	/bək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bak6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bɯːɡ/, /*brɯɡɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	僰	僰
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	988	989
Phonetic component	僰	僰
Rime group	職	職
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	菔	愎
Old Chinese	/*bɯːɡ/	/*brɯɡɡ/
Notes		據德韻蒲北切又音加

Definitions

僰

1. (historical) an ancient aboriginal tribe in southwestern China
2. ^† to exile; to banish

Compounds

• 僰人

 

Japanese

Kanji

僰

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ほく (hoku); ぼく (boku)

Korean

Hanja

僰 (eum 북 (buk))

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