芣

Translingual

Han character

芣 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿一火 (TMF), four-corner 4490₁, composition ⿱艹不)

Derived characters

• 𠶙, 𢯒, 𣔟, 𥟼

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1019, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30710
• Dae Jaweon: page 1477, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3179, character 5
• Unihan data for U+82A3

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Chinese

trad.		芣
simp. #		芣

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
肧	*pʰlɯː, *pʰɯ, *pʰlɯː
俖	*pʰɯːʔ
娝	*prɯʔ
痞	*prɯʔ, *brɯʔ, *pɯʔ
丕	*pʰrɯ
伾	*pʰrɯ
秠	*pʰrɯ, *pʰrɯʔ, *pʰɯ, *pʰɯʔ
駓	*pʰrɯ
怌	*pʰrɯ
豾	*pʰrɯ
髬	*pʰrɯ
魾	*pʰrɯ, *brɯ
鉟	*pʰrɯ, *brɯ
嚭	*pʰrɯʔ
邳	*brɯ
岯	*brɯ
否	*brɯʔ, *pɯʔ
抔	*bɯ, *pʰlɯː
不	*pɯ, *pɯʔ, *pɯ'
紑	*pɯ, *pʰɯ, *pʰɯʔ
鴀	*pɯ, *pɯʔ
衃	*pʰɯ, *pʰlɯː
罘	*bɯ
芣	*bɯ
杯	*plɯː
盃	*plɯː
桮	*pɯː
坯	*pʰɯː
胚	*pʰɯː

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bɯ) : semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 不 (OC *pɯ, *pɯʔ, *pɯ').

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fú, fóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ, ㄈㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fú
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fú
    • Wade–Giles: fu²
    • Yale: fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwu
    • Palladius: фу (fu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fóu
    • Wade–Giles: fou²
    • Yale: fóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: four
    • Palladius: фоу (fou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /foʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fau⁴
    • Yale: fàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: feo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: bjuw

Rime
Character	芣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	縛謀切
Baxter	bjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/biu/
Shao Rongfen	/biəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buw/
Li Rong	/biu/
Wang Li	/bĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	芣
Reading #	1/1
No.	1039
Phonetic component	不
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	浮
Old Chinese	/*bɯ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 芣

1. Only used in 芣苢 and 芣苡 (fúyǐ).

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǒu (fou³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǒu
    • Wade–Giles: fou³
    • Yale: fǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: foou
    • Palladius: фоу (fou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /foʊ̯²¹⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 芣

1. Only used in 芘芣 (pífú).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B03797

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Japanese

Kanji

芣

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. medicinal plantago

Readings

• Go-on: ふ (fu)
• Kan-on: ふう (fū)
• Kan’yō-on: ぶ (bu)
• Kun: さかん (sakan, 芣)

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Korean

Hanja

芣 • (bu) (hangeul 부, revised bu, McCune–Reischauer pu, Yale pu)

1. medicinal plantain