獛

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *poːɡ) : semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 菐 (OC *boːɡ, *puɡ)

Han character

獛 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 大竹廿金人 (KHTCO), four-corner 4223₄, composition ⿰犭菐)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 718, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20679
• Dae Jaweon: page 1129, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1368, character 5
• Unihan data for U+735B

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		獛

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “where did the sense 'genet' come from?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pú (pu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pú
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pú
    • Wade–Giles: pʻu²
    • Yale: pú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pwu
    • Palladius: пу (pu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: puwk

Rime
Character	獛
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	屋 (3)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	博木切
Baxter	puwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/puk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/puk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/puk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pəwk̚/
Li Rong	/puk̚/
Wang Li	/puk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/puk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	buk1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*poːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	獛
Reading #	1/1
No.	9886
Phonetic component	菐
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	卜
Old Chinese	/*poːɡ/
Notes	爾雅作濮

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 獛

1. genet
2. ^† (～鉛) name of a tribe in southern China

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