泡

泡 U+6CE1, 泡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6CE1 ← 泠 [U+6CE0] CJK Unified Ideographs 波 → [U+6CE2]

Translingual

Han character

泡 (radical 85 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水心口山 (EPRU), four-corner 3711₂, composition ⿰氵包)

References

• KangXi: page 617, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17307
• Dae Jaweon: page 1012, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1591, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6CE1

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 泡
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (勹) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
袍	*buː
袌	*buː, *buːs
軳	*buː
抱	*buːʔ
勽	*buːs, *mɯnʔ
菢	*buːs
勹	*pruː
包	*pruː
胞	*pruː, *pʰruː
苞	*pruː
枹	*pruː, *bu, *bu
飽	*pruːʔ
泡	*pʰruː, *m̥ʰruːs, *bruː
炮	*pʰruːs, *bruː
皰	*pʰruːs, *bruːs
疱	*pʰruːs, *bruːs
跑	*bruː, *bruːɡ
咆	*bruː
庖	*bruː
匏	*bruː
刨	*bruː
狍	*bruː
炰	*bruː
鉋	*bruː, *bruːs
瓟	*bruː, *bruːɡ
颮	*bruː, *pʰruːɡ
鞄	*bruː, *bruːʔ, *bruːs, *pʰruːɡ
鮑	*bruːʔ
骲	*bruːʔ, *bruːs, *bruːɡ, *pʰoːɡ
玸	*bu
雹	*bruːɡ
窇	*bruːɡ

Pronunciation 1

simp. and trad.		泡
alt. forms		脬 classifier

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pāo (pao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: pāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠ
    • Wade-Giles: p'ao¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pau
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: paau¹
    • Yale: pāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pao¹
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰɑːu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /pʰˠau/, /bˠau/▼

Rime
Character	泡	泡
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	匹交切	薄交切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰˠau/	/bˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰᵚau/	/bᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰau/	/bau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰaɨw/	/baɨw/
Li Rong	/pʰau/	/bau/
Wang Li	/pʰau/	/bau/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰau/	/bʱau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pāo	páo

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰruː/, /*bruː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	泡	泡
Reading #	1/3	3/3
No.	278	296
Phonetic component	勹	勹
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	胞	庖
Old Chinese	/*pʰruː/	/*bruː/

Definitions

泡

1. Name of a river.
2. small lake
3. Classifier for excreta.

Pronunciation 2

simp. and trad.		泡

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pào (pao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁵, paau¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phau
• Min Nan (POJ): phā / phàu / phāu / pho

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: pào
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˋ
    • Wade-Giles: p'ao⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paw
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: pàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˋㄦ
    • Wade-Giles: p'aorh⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paull
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰaʊɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pou⁵, paau¹
    • Yale: póuh, pāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pou⁵, paau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pou⁵, pao¹
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯¹³/, /pʰɑːu̯⁵⁵/

Note:

• pou5 - “bubble”;
• paau1 - “bulb”, e.g. 燈泡.

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phau
    • Hakka Romanization System: pau
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pau⁴
    • IPA: /pʰa̯u⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phā
    • Tâi-lô: phā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pha
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰa⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰa²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phàu
    • Tâi-lô: phàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phaux
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰaʊ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰaʊ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phāu
    • Tâi-lô: phāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phau
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰaʊ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰaʊ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pho
    • Tâi-lô: pho
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou, Taipei): /pʰo⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤ⁴⁴/

Note:

• pho - etymologically unrelated, meaning “bubble; saliva”.

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• Middle Chinese: /pʰˠau/▼

Rime
Character	泡
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	匹交切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰaɨw/
Li Rong	/pʰau/
Wang Li	/pʰau/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pāo

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰruː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	泡
Reading #	1/3
No.	278
Phonetic component	勹
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	胞
Old Chinese	/*pʰruː/

Definitions

泡

1. bubble
2. bubblelike or bulbous object
3. blister
4. (Taiwanese Min Nan) saliva; spit

Pronunciation 3

simp. and trad.		泡
alt. forms		𣶐 to soak

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pào (pao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paau³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phau
• Min Nan (POJ): phàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: pào
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˋ
    • Wade-Giles: p'ao⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paw
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: paau³
    • Yale: paau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: pao³
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰɑːu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phau
    • Hakka Romanization System: pau
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pau⁴
    • IPA: /pʰa̯u⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phàu
    • Tâi-lô: phàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰaʊ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰaʊ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰaʊ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰaʊ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰaʊ²¹/

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• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*m̥ʰruːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	泡
Reading #	2/3
No.	283
Phonetic component	勹
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	奅
Old Chinese	/*m̥ʰruːs/
Notes	𣶐後起字

Definitions

泡

1. to soak
2. (informal) to pick up; to meet and seduce for romantic purposes

Pronunciation 4

simp. and trad.		泡

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): páo (pao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: páo
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˊ
    • Wade-Giles: p'ao²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paur
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: paau⁴
    • Yale: pàauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pao⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰɑːu̯²¹/

Definitions

泡

1. ^† abundant

Pronunciation 5

simp. and trad.		泡
alt. forms		啵

• Min Nan (POJ): phò

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phò
    • Tâi-lô: phò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰo²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰo⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰo²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰo¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤ²¹/

Definitions

泡

1. (Min Nan) light and crisp

Compounds

• 一泡
• 一泡子
• 充氣燈泡／充气灯泡
• 冒泡 (màopào)
• 冒泡兒／冒泡儿
• 化為泡影／化为泡影 (huàwéi pàoyǐng)
• 卵泡
• 夢幻泡影／梦幻泡影
• 如法泡製／如法泡制
• 幻泡
• 打泡
• 氣泡／气泡 (qìpào)
• 氣泡室／气泡室
• 氣泡病／气泡病
• 水泡 (shuǐpào)
• 沖泡／冲泡 (chōngpào)
• 泡妞 (pàoniū)
• 泡幻
• 泡影 (pàoyǐng)
• 泡桐 (pāotóng)
• 泡棉
• 泡水
• 泡沫 (pàomò)
• 泡沫劑／泡沫剂

• 泡沫塑膠／泡沫塑胶
• 泡沫橡膠／泡沫橡胶
• 泡沫水泥
• 泡沫浴
• 泡沫玻璃
• 泡沫紅茶／泡沫红茶
• 泡沫經濟／泡沫经济 (pàomò jīngjì)
• 泡沫車／泡沫车
• 泡沫髮膠／泡沫发胶
• 泡泡 (pàopào)
• 泡泡糖 (pàopàotáng)
• 泡湯／泡汤 (pàotāng)
• 泡滾／泡滚
• 泡漩
• 泡燈／泡灯
• 泡疹
• 泡病號／泡病号
• 泡磨菇
• 泡芙 (pàofú)
• 泡茶 (pàochá)
• 泡茶館／泡茶馆
• 泡菜 (pàocài)
• 泡蘑菇 (pào mógu)
• 泡螺

• 泡貨／泡货
• 泡飯／泡饭 (pàofàn)
• 泡麵／泡面 (pàomiàn)
• 泡麵哲學／泡面哲学
• 泡麵市場／泡面市场
• 海泡石
• 浸泡 (jìnpào)
• 液泡 (yèpào)
• 液泡膜
• 潦泡
• 潦漿泡／潦浆泡
• 濾泡／滤泡
• 濾泡期／滤泡期
• 燈泡／灯泡 (dēngpào)
• 燎泡 (liáopào)
• 燎漿泡／燎浆泡
• 發泡成形／发泡成形
• 眼泡
• 美得冒泡
• 肉眼泡兒／肉眼泡儿
• 肥皂泡
• 肺泡 (fèipào)
• 豆泡 (dòupāo)
• 電燈泡／电灯泡 (diàndēngpào)

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Japanese

Kanji

泡

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. bubbles

Readings

• On (unclassified): ほう (hō, Jōyō)
• Kun: あわ (awa, 泡, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 泡盛 (あわもり) (awamori)
• 発 (はっ)泡 (ぽう)酒 (しゅ) (happōshu)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
泡
あわ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Noun

泡 (hiragana あわ, rōmaji awa)

1. bubble
2. foam, head on carbonated beverages such as beer

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Korean

Hanja

泡 • (po) (hangeul 포, revised po, McCune-Reischauer p'o, Yale pho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

泡 (bàu, bảo, bào, bầu, phao)

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