溥

Translingual

Han character

溥 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水戈月戈 (EIBI), four-corner 3314₂, composition ⿰氵尃)

Derived characters

• 薄

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 640, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17957
• Dae Jaweon: page 1047, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1695, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6EA5

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Chinese

trad.		溥
simp. #		溥

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
豧	*pʰoːs, *pʰa, *pʰas
縛	*baːɡs, *baɡ
逋	*paː
餔	*paː, *baːs
晡	*paː
庯	*paː
陠	*paː, *pʰaː
鵏	*paː, *baːs
峬	*paː
誧	*paː, *pʰaː, *pʰaːʔ, *pʰaːs
秿	*paː, *pʰa, *baʔ
鯆	*paː, *pʰaː, *paʔ
補	*paːʔ
圃	*paːʔ, *paːs
鋪	*pʰaː, *pʰaːs, *pʰa
痡	*pʰaː, *pʰa
浦	*pʰaːʔ
烳	*pʰaːʔ
溥	*pʰaːʔ, *paːɡ
悑	*pʰaːs
酺	*baː
匍	*baː
蜅	*baː, *paʔ
脯	*baː, *paʔ
葡	*baː
蒱	*baː
蒲	*baː
簿	*baːʔ, *baːɡ
捕	*baːs
哺	*baːs
簠	*pa, *paʔ, *pʰas
甫	*paʔ
黼	*paʔ
莆	*paʔ
俌	*paʔ, *pʰaʔ
郙	*paʔ, *pʰa
傅	*paɡs
搏	*paɡs, *paːɡ, *pʰaːɡ
麱	*pʰa
尃	*pʰa
榑	*ba
輔	*baʔ
鬴	*baʔ
賻	*baɡs
博	*paːɡ
髆	*paːɡ
鎛	*paːɡ
猼	*paːɡ
餺	*paːɡ
簙	*paːɡ
鑮	*paːɡ, *baːɡ
欂	*paːɡ, *baɡ, *breːɡ
蒪	*pʰaːɡ
膊	*pʰaːɡ
薄	*baːɡ
礡	*baːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰaːʔ, *paːɡ) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 尃 (OC *pʰa).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pǔ (pu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pǔ
    • Wade–Giles: pʻu³
    • Yale: pǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: puu
    • Palladius: пу (pu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pou²
    • Yale: póu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: pou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phó
    • Tâi-lô: phó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰo⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰo⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰo⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰo⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤ⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: phuX

Rime
Character	溥
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	滂古切
Baxter	phuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰuoX/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰuoX/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰoX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰɔX/
Li Rong	/pʰoX/
Wang Li	/pʰuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰuoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pou2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰaːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	溥
Reading #	1/2
No.	3431
Phonetic component	甫
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	普
Old Chinese	/*pʰaːʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 溥

1. big; great; vast; wide
2. widespread; universal
3. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) faeces; poo

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bó (bo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bó
    • Wade–Giles: po²
    • Yale: bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor
    • Palladius: бо (bo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pak

Rime
Character	溥
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	鐸 (104)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	補各切
Baxter	pak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pwɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/puɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwak̚/
Li Rong	/puɑk̚/
Wang Li	/puɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/pwɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bok3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*paːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	溥
Reading #	2/2
No.	3480
Phonetic component	甫
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	博
Old Chinese	/*paːɡ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 溥

1. name of a river

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Japanese

Kanji

溥

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ふ (fu)
• Kan-on: ほ (ho)
• Kun: あまねし (amaneshi, 溥し)

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Korean

Hanja

溥 • (bu, bak) (hangeul 부, 박, revised bu, bak, McCune–Reischauer pu, pak, Yale pu, pak)

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Vietnamese

Han character

溥: Hán Nôm readings: phổ

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References

• Nom Foundation