孛

孛 U+5B5B, 孛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B5B ← 孚 [U+5B5A] CJK Unified Ideographs 孜 → [U+5B5C]

Translingual

Han character

孛 (radical 39, 子+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 十月弓木 (JBND), four-corner 4040₇, composition ⿱⿱十冖子)

Derived characters

• 侼, 挬, 哱, 餑(饽), 浡, 悖, 桲, 脖, 綍, 誖, 鋍, 馞, 郣, 勃, 鵓(鹁), 荸

References

• KangXi: page 278, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6949
• Dae Jaweon: page 546, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1011, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5B5B

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		孛

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
誖	*pɯːds, *bɯːds, *bɯːd
悖	*bɯːds, *bɯːd
孛	*bɯːds, *bɯːd
哱	*pʰɯːd
馞	*pʰɯːd, *bɯːd
勃	*bɯːd
餑	*bɯːd
郣	*bɯːd
浡	*bɯːd
桲	*bɯːd
挬	*bɯːd
脖	*bɯːd
鵓	*bɯːd
渤	*bɯːd
綍	*pɯd

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 𣎵 (“growth”) + 子 (“child”) – growing; vibrant; spirited. Original form of 勃 (OC *bɯːd, “exuberant”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bèi, bó (bei⁴, bo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ, ㄅㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bui⁶, but⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): pōe / pu̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ
    • Wade–Giles: pei4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bey
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bèi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ
    • Wade–Giles: po2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pwɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bui⁶, but⁶
    • Yale: buih, buht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bui⁶, but⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bui⁶, bud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːy̯²²/, /puːt̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pōe / pu̍t
    • Tâi-lô: puē / pu̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poe, put
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pue²²/, /put̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pue⁴¹/, /put̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pue²²/, /put̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pue³³/, /put̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pue³³/, /put̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /buʌi^H/, /buət̚/

Rime
Character	孛	孛
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	沒 (56)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	蒲昧切	蒲没切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buʌiH/	/buət̚/
Pan Wuyun	/buoiH/	/buot̚/
Shao Rongfen	/buɒiH/	/buət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bwəjH/	/bwət̚/
Li Rong	/buᴀiH/	/buət̚/
Wang Li	/buɒiH/	/buət̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱuɑ̆iH/	/bʱuət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bèi	bú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bui6	but6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤ[u]t-s/, /*[b]ˤ[u]t/

  (Zhengzhang): /*bɯːds/, /*bɯːd/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	孛	孛
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bèi	bó
Middle Chinese	‹ bwojH ›	‹ bwot ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ˁ[u]t-s/	/*[b]ˁ[u]t/
English	comet	comet
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	孛	孛
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	970	982
Phonetic component	孛	孛
Rime group	隊	物
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	佩	勃
Old Chinese	/*bɯːds/	/*bɯːd/

Definitions

孛

1. ^† luxuriant; lush; flourishing
2. ^† radiance of comets; comet

   星孛  ―  xīngbèi  ―  comet

3. ^† Alternative form of 悖 (bèi, “disorderly; deviant; conflicting”).
4. A surname​.

Compounds

• 孛戾
• 孛星 (bèixīng)

• 孛沴

• 星孛 (xīngbèi)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bó (bo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ
    • Wade–Giles: po2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pwɔ³⁵/

Definitions

孛

1. ^† prefix particle in certain nouns
2. ^† Original form of 勃 (bó, “to change countenance; to become agitated”).

Compounds

• 孛婁／孛娄
• 孛孛
• 孛畈 (Bófàn)
• 孛相

• 孛籃／孛篮
• 孛羅／孛罗
• 孛老

• 孛蘭／孛兰
• 月孛
• 蓬蓬孛孛

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 孛 – see 勃 (“to push; to drive; exuberant; vigorous; etc.”). (This character, 孛, is the second-round simplified form of 勃.)

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

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 孛 – see 渤 (“Bohai Sea; surging; swelling”). (This character, 孛, is the second-round simplified form of 渤.)

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

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 孛 – see 脖 (“neck”). (This character, 孛, is the second-round simplified form of 脖.)

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

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 孛 – see 餑 (“steamed bun; pastry; cake; bubble on the surface of tea”). (This character, 孛, is the second-round simplified form of 餑.)

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

孛

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぼつ (botsu); ばい (bai)
• Kan-on: ほつ (hotsu); はい (hai)
• Kan’yō-on: ぼつ (botsu)

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Korean

Hanja

孛 (eumhun 살별 패 (salbyeol pae))

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Hanja

孛 (eumhun 안색 변할 발 (ansaek byeonhal bal))

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Vietnamese

Han character

孛: Hán Nôm readings: bụt

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