葡

葡 U+8461, 葡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8461 ← 葠 [U+8460] CJK Unified Ideographs 葢 → [U+8462]

Translingual

Han character

葡 (radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿心戈月 (TPIB), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱艹匍)

References

• KangXi: page 1045, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31430
• Dae Jaweon: page 1506, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3253, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8461

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		葡

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

Considered a 後起字／后起字 (hòuqǐzì). Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *baː): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 匍 (OC *baː).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): pú (pu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ

  (Chengdu, SP): pu²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): pô͘ / phû / phô / phô͘
• Wu (Wiktionary): bu (T3); beq (T5)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: pú
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ
    • Wade–Giles: p'u²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pwu
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰu³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: pu²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: pu
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰu²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pou⁴
    • Yale: pòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pou⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pô͘
    • Tâi-lô: pôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poo
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /pɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phû
    • Tâi-lô: phû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰu²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /pʰu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phô
    • Tâi-lô: phô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phooi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰo¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰo²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phô͘
    • Tâi-lô: phôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔ¹³/

Note:

• pô͘ - literary;
• phû/phô/phô͘ - vernacular.

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: bu (T3); beq (T5)
  • IPA ^(key): /b̻v̩ʷ²³/, /b̻əʔ¹²/

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• Middle Chinese: /buo/▼

Rime
Character	葡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	薄胡切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buo/
Pan Wuyun	/buo/
Shao Rongfen	/bo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bɔ/
Li Rong	/bo/
Wang Li	/bu/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pú

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*baː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	葡
Reading #	1/1
No.	3439
Phonetic component	甫
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	酺
Old Chinese	/*baː/
Notes	古作蒲，今分化字

Definitions

葡

1. Used in 葡萄 (pútáo, “grape”).
2. Short for 葡萄牙 (Pútáoyá, “Portugal”).

Compounds

• 山葡萄
• 海葡萄
• 紅葡萄藤／红葡萄藤
• 葡京 (Pújīng)
• 葡國／葡国 (Púguó)
• 葡幣／葡币 (Púbì)
• 葡文 (púwén)
• 葡汁 (púzhī)

• 葡萄 (pútáo)
• 葡萄乾／葡萄干 (pútáogān)
• 葡萄柚 (pútáoyòu)
• 葡萄深碧
• 葡萄灰
• 葡萄炸彈／葡萄炸弹
• 葡萄牙 (Pútáoyá)

• 葡萄球菌 (pútáo qiújūn)
• 葡萄糖 (pútáotáng)
• 葡萄紫
• 葡萄綠／葡萄绿
• 葡萄胎 (pútáotāi)
• 葡萄酒 (pútáojiǔ)
• 葡語／葡语 (púyǔ)

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Japanese

Kanji

葡

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• Go-on: ぶ (bu)
• Kan-on: ほ (ho)

Noun

葡 (hiragana ぽ, rōmaji po)

1. Abbreviation of 葡萄牙. Portugal

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Korean

Hanja

葡 (eum 포 (po))

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Vietnamese

Han character

葡: Hán Nôm readings: bồ

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