孚

See also: 俘 and 孵

Translingual

Han character

孚 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 月弓木 (BND), four-corner 2040₇, composition ⿱爫子)

Derived characters

乳 俘 浮 郛 桴 稃 殍 蜉 艀 孵

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 278, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6948
• Dae Jaweon: page 545, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1012, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5B5A

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		孚

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 孚
Shang	Western Zhou	Spring and Autumn	Warring States			Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Ancient script	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
殍	*brɯwʔ, *browʔ, *pʰuw
脬	*pʰruː
捊	*bruː, *buw
莩	*browʔ, *pʰuw
哹	*pu, *bu
浮	*bu
蜉	*bu
桴	*bu, *pʰuw
罦	*bu, *pʰuw
琈	*bu
粰	*bu
烰	*bu
艀	*bu
俘	*pʰuw
孚	*pʰuw
孵	*pʰuw
稃	*pʰuw
郛	*pʰuw
筟	*pʰuw

爪 + 子. The original form of 俘.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fū (fu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fū
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fu
    • Wade–Giles: fu¹
    • Yale: fū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fu
    • Palladius: фу (fu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: phju

Rime
Character	孚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	芳無切
Baxter	phju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰio/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰuə̆/
Li Rong	/pʰio/
Wang Li	/pʰĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰuw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	孚
Reading #	1/1
No.	3356
Phonetic component	孚
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	敷
Old Chinese	/*pʰuw/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 孚

1. Original character of 俘 (fú)
2. Original character of 蜉 (fú)
3. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 孵 (fū).
4. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 稃 (fū).

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fú (fu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fú
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fú
    • Wade–Giles: fu²
    • Yale: fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwu
    • Palladius: фу (fu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 孚

1. to believe
2. trust
3. (used in oracle bone) (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 俘 (fú).
4. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 浮 (fú).
5. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 莩 (fú).
6. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 付 (fù).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 孚 – see 孵 (“to sit on eggs; to hatch; to incubate”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 孵).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji

孚

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. sincere; nourish

Readings

• Go-on: ふ (fu)
• Kan-on: ふ (fu)
• Kun: たまご (tamago, 孚); はぐくむ (hagukumu, 孚む)

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Korean

Hanja

孚 (eum 부 (bu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

孚: Hán Nôm readings: phu, phù

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