勹

See also: ㄅ and 冖

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

勹 (Kangxi radical 20, 勹+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸 (HS) or 難竹尸 (XHS), composition ⿰丿𠃌)

1. Kangxi radical #20, ⼓.

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/勹
• 句 旬

Descendants

• ㄅ
• ㆴ

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 150, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2493
• Dae Jaweon: page 339, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 254, character 13
• Unihan data for U+52F9

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 勹
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
袍	*buː
袌	*buː, *buːs
軳	*buː
抱	*buːʔ
勽	*buːs, *mɯnʔ
菢	*buːs
勹	*pruː
包	*pruː
胞	*pruː, *pʰruː
苞	*pruː
枹	*pruː, *bu, *bu
飽	*pruːʔ
泡	*pʰruː, *m̥ʰruːs, *bruː
炮	*pʰruːs, *bruː
皰	*pʰruːs, *bruːs
疱	*pʰruːs, *bruːs
跑	*bruː, *bruːɡ
咆	*bruː
庖	*bruː
匏	*bruː
刨	*bruː
狍	*bruː
炰	*bruː
鉋	*bruː, *bruːs
瓟	*bruː, *bruːɡ
颮	*bruː, *pʰruːɡ
鞄	*bruː, *bruːʔ, *bruːs, *pʰruːɡ
鮑	*bruːʔ
骲	*bruːʔ, *bruːs, *bruːɡ, *pʰoːɡ
玸	*bu
雹	*bruːɡ
窇	*bruːɡ

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 勹 – see 包 (“to wrap up; to enwrap; to bundle up; to include; to encompass; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 包).

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Japanese

Kanji

勹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. wrap

Readings

• Go-on: ひょう (hyō)^{←へう (feu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ほう (hō)^{←はう (fau, historical)}
• Kun: つつむ (tsutsumu, 勹む)

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Korean

Hanja

勹 (eum 포 (po))

1. wrap
2. KangXi radical 20

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Vietnamese

Han character

Readings

• âm: bao, câu
• nghĩa (literal meaning): bao

References

• Nôm Foundation
• Viet Dictionary