婄

Translingual

Han character

婄 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女卜廿口 (VYTR), four-corner 4046₁, composition ⿰女咅)

1. (Cantonese) soft, weak
2. to soak
3. unreliable

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 264, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6388
• Dae Jaweon: page 530, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1061, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5A44

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Chinese

trad.		婄
simp. #		婄

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
蓓	*bɯːʔ, *bɯːʔ
倍	*bɯːʔ
菩	*bɯːʔ, *bɯʔ, *bɯː, *bɯːɡ
掊	*bruː, *poːʔ, *bɯ, *bɯ
剖	*pʰoːʔ, *pʰoʔ
婄	*pʰɯʔ, *bɯʔ, *bɯː
踣	*pʰɯs, *bɯːɡ
箁	*bɯ
咅	*pʰɯʔ, *pʰl'oːs
部	*boːʔ, *boːʔ, *boːʔ, *boːʔ
培	*boːʔ, *bɯː
犃	*boːʔ
瓿	*boːʔ, *bɯ, *bo
殕	*pɯʔ, *pʰoʔ, *qɯːɡ
醅	*pʰɯ, *pʰɯː
棓	*bɯ, *broːŋʔ, *bɯː
涪	*bɯ
賠	*bɯː
陪	*bɯː
毰	*bɯː
焙	*bɯːs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pǒu (pou³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pǒu
    • Wade–Giles: pʻou³
    • Yale: pǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: poou
    • Palladius: поу (pou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰoʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pau³
    • Yale: pau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: peo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɐu̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: bwoj, buwX, phuwX

Rime
Character	婄	婄	婄
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	並 (3)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	侯 (137)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	薄回切	蒲口切	普后切
Baxter	bwoj	buwX	phuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buʌi/	/bəuX/	/pʰəuX/
Pan Wuyun	/buoi/	/bəuX/	/pʰəuX/
Shao Rongfen	/buɒi/	/bəuX/	/pʰəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bwəj/	/bəwX/	/pʰəwX/
Li Rong	/buᴀi/	/buX/	/pʰuX/
Wang Li	/buɒi/	/bəuX/	/pʰəuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱuɑ̆i/	/bʱə̯uX/	/pʰə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	péi	bòu	pǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pui4	bau6	pau2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰɯʔ/, /*bɯʔ/, /*bɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	婄	婄	婄
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	9842	9851	9867
Phonetic component	咅	咅	咅
Rime group	侯	侯	之
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	剖	部	裴
Old Chinese	/*pʰɯʔ/	/*bɯʔ/	/*bɯː/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 婄

1. to soak
2. unreliable
3. (Cantonese) soft, weak

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Japanese

Kanji

婄

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ほう (hō); ぶ (bu); ばい (bai)
• Kun: おろか (oroka); みにくい (minikui)