帛

Translingual

Han character

帛 (radical 50 巾+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹日中月 (HALB), four-corner 2622₇, composition ⿱白巾)

References

• KangXi: page 330, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8855
• Dae Jaweon: page 635, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 734, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5E1B

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		帛

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *braːɡ): phonetic 白 ‎(OC *braːɡ) + semantic 巾 ‎(“cloth”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bó (bo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): pe̍h / pe̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: bó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ
    • Wade-Giles: po²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor
    • IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶
    • Yale: baahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹
    • IPA ^(key): /pɑːk̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h / pe̍k
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h / pi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peh, pek
    • IPA (Taipei): /peʔ⁴/, /piɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /peʔ¹²¹/, /piɪk̚¹²¹/
    • Note: pe̍h - vernacular; pe̍k - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: /bˠæk̚/▼

Rime
Character	帛
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	陌 (113)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	傍陌切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠæk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚak̚/
Shao Rongfen	/bak̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/bɐk̚/
Wang Li	/bɐk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱɐk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bó

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[b]ˤrak/

  (Zhengzhang): /*braːɡ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	帛
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bó
Middle Chinese	‹ bæk ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ˤrak/
English	silk
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	帛
Reading #	1/1
No.	208
Phonetic component	白
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	白
Old Chinese	/*braːɡ/

Definitions

帛

1. silks; fabrics
2. wealth; property

Compounds

• 功垂竹帛
• 名垂竹帛
• 垂名竹帛
• 子女玉帛
• 布帛
• 布帛菽粟
• 帛丸
• 帛書／帛书 (bóshū)
• 帛畫／帛画
• 幣帛／币帛
• 披帛

• 束帛
• 束髮封帛／束发封帛
• 毫帛
• 犧牲玉帛／牺牲玉帛
• 玉帛 (yùbó)
• 玉帛笙歌
• 竹帛
• 簡帛書／简帛书 (jiǎnbóshū)
• 粟帛 (sùbó)
• 絹帛／绢帛 (juànbó)
• 縑帛／缣帛

• 衣不重帛
• 衣帛食肉
• 衲帛
• 裂帛
• 財帛／财帛
• 賜帛／赐帛
• 金帛 (jīnbó)
• 錢帛／钱帛
• 隔帛兒／隔帛儿
• 雁帛
• 香帛

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Japanese

Kanji

帛

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: びゃく (byaku)
• Kan’on: はく (haku)
• Kun: きぬ (kinu)

Compounds

Compounds

金帛 (きんぱく) ‎(kinpaku): gold and silk, money and cloths 竹帛 (ちくはく) ‎(chikuhaku) 幣帛 (へいはく) ‎(heihaku)

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Korean

Hanja

帛 • ‎(baek) (hangeul 백, revised baek, McCune-Reischauer paek)

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Vietnamese

Han character

帛 (bạch)

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