朴

See also: 樸

Translingual

trad.	朴/樸
simpl.	朴

Han character

朴 (radical 75 木+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 木卜 (DY), four-corner 4390₀, composition ⿰木卜)

References

• KangXi: page 510, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14428
• Dae Jaweon: page 894, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1154, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6734

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		朴

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		朴

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pò (po⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pok³
• Min Nan (POJ): phoh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: pò
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ
    • Wade-Giles: p'o⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: poh
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pok³
    • Yale: pok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pok⁸
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːk̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phoh
    • Tâi-lô: phoh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoiq
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰoʔ³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɤʔ³²/

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• Middle Chinese: /pʰˠʌk̚/▼

Rime
Character	朴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	匹角切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/pʰɔk̚/
Wang Li	/pʰɔk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	po

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰroːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	朴
Reading #	1/1
No.	995
Phonetic component	卜
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	璞
Old Chinese	/*pʰroːɡ/
Notes	同樸

Noun

朴

1. bark
2. the Chinese hackberry (Celtis sinensis)
3. Korean surname

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pǔ (pu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): piu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: pǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˇ
    • Wade-Giles: p'u³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: puu
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: piu⁴
    • Yale: pìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: piu⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰiːu̯²¹/

Proper noun

朴

1. A Chinese surname

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pō (po¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pok³, po¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: pō
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛ
    • Wade-Giles: p'o¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: po
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pok³, po¹
    • Yale: pok, pō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pok⁸, po¹
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːk̚³/, /pʰɔː⁵⁵/

Noun

1. An ancient sword with long blade and short hilt

Compounds

• 朴刀

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 朴 – see 樸. (This character, 朴, is the simplified form of 樸.)

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

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Japanese

Kanji

朴

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: ほく (hoku)
• Kan’on: はく (haku)
• Kan’yōon: ぼく (boku)
• Kun: ほお (hō), ほう (hō)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
朴
ほお Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) ほ​お [hóꜜò] (Atamadaka - [1])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ː]

Alternative forms

• 厚朴

Noun

朴 ‎(hiragana ほお, romaji hō, historical hiragana ほほ)

1. Japanese bigleaf magnolia

Synonyms

• 朴 (ほお)の木 (き) ‎(hōnoki), 厚朴 (こうぼく) ‎(kōboku), 朴柏 (ほおがしわ) ‎(hōgashiwa)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
朴
えのき Grade: S
Irregular

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) えのき [ènókí] (Heiban - [0])
• IPA^(key): [ẽ̞no̞kʲi]

Alternative forms

• 榎

Noun

朴 ‎(hiragana えのき, katakana エノキ, romaji enoki)

1. Chinese hackberry

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Korean

Hanja

朴 • ‎(bak)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 박 (revised: bak, McCune-Reischauer: pak, Yale: pak)

• Name (hangeul): 후박나무()

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Vietnamese

Han character

朴 (phắc, phác, vóc)

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