拊

See also: 撫

Translingual

Han character

拊 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手人木戈 (QODI), four-corner 5400₀, composition ⿰扌付)

1. slap
2. pat
3. tap
4. handle of a vessel

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 425, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11947
• Dae Jaweon: page 773, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1854, character 2
• Unihan data for U+62CA

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		拊

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
鉜	*bu
跗	*po, *bos
柎	*po
腑	*poʔ
俯	*poʔ
府	*poʔ
付	*pos
咐	*pos
怤	*pʰo
泭	*pʰo, *bo
姇	*pʰo
紨	*pʰo
拊	*pʰoʔ
弣	*pʰoʔ
符	*bo
苻	*bo
坿	*bo, *bos
腐	*boʔ
附	*bos
駙	*bos
鮒	*bos
袝	*bos
蚹	*bos
胕	*bos

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǔ (fu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǔ
    • Wade–Giles: fu³
    • Yale: fǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuu
    • Palladius: фу (fu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fu²
    • Yale: fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hú
    • Tâi-lô: hú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: phjuX

Rime
Character	拊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	芳武切
Baxter	phjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰɨoX/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰioX/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰioX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰuə̆X/
Li Rong	/pʰioX/
Wang Li	/pʰĭuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰi̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰoʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	拊
Reading #	1/1
No.	3518
Phonetic component	付
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	撫
Old Chinese	/*pʰoʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 拊

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Japanese

Kanji

拊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ふ (fu)
• Kan-on: ふ (fu)
• Kun: うつ (utsu); はる (haru, 拊る); なでる (naderu, 拊でる)

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Korean

Hanja

拊 • (bu) (hangeul 부, revised bu, McCune–Reischauer pu, Yale pu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 拊 (phủ, phụ)

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