朴

See also: 樸

Translingual

Han character

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

1. simple, unadorned
2. sincere
3. used as a surname
4. a tree

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

朴 (traditional 樸, Jyutping piu4, pok3, Yale piu4, pok3)

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Japanese

Kanji

朴

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: ぼく (boku), ほく (hoku), はく (haku)
• Kun: ほお (hoo)

Noun

朴 (hiragana えのき, romaji enoki)

1. Japanese hackberry, Celtis sinensis var. japonica

Alternative forms

• 榎

Noun

朴 (hiragana ほお, romaji hō)

1. Alternative form of ホオノキ.

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Korean

Hanja

朴
Eumhun:

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

• Name (hangeul): 성, 후박나무, 순박하다 (seong, hu-bang-na-mu, sun-ba-kha-da)()

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Mandarin

Hanzi

朴 (traditional 樸, Pinyin pú (pu2), Wade-Giles p'u²)

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Min Nan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʰɔ˥]

Noun

朴 (traditional and simplified, POJ phoh)