蒲

See also: 莆

Translingual

Han character

蒲 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿水戈月 (TEIB), four-corner 4412₇, composition ⿱艹浦)

1. bulrush, cattail, reed
2. vine
3. various rivers and places

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1049, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31611
• Dae Jaweon: page 1511, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3269, character 11
• Unihan data for U+84B2

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Chinese

trad.		蒲
simp. #		蒲

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 *baː) : semantic 艹 (“vegetation”) + phonetic 浦 (OC *pʰaːʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pú (pu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁴ / bok⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phô͘ / pô͘

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pou⁴ / bok⁶
    • Yale: pòuh / bohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pou⁴ / bok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pou⁴ / bog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯²¹/, /pɔːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phô͘ / pô͘
    • Tâi-lô: phôo / pôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoo, poo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔ²⁴/, /pɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔ²⁴/, /pɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔ¹³/, /pɔ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔ²⁴/, /pɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔ²³/, /pɔ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: bu

Rime
Character	蒲
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
Baxter	bu
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pou4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤa/

  (Zhengzhang): /*baː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蒲
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pú
Middle Chinese	‹ bu ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ˁa/
English	part of personal name
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蒲
Reading #	1/1
No.	3441
Phonetic component	甫
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	酺
Old Chinese	/*baː/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蒲

1. calamus, cattail

References

• “蒲”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

蒲

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. bulrush, reed

Readings

• Go-on: ぶ (bu)
• Kan-on: ほ (ho)
• Kun: がま (gama, 蒲); かま (kama, 蒲); かば (kaba, 蒲)

Compounds

Compounds

• 蒲(かば)焼(やき) (kabayaki)
• 蒲(かま)鉾(ぼこ) (kamaboko)
• 蒲公英(たんぽぽ) (tanpopo)
• 菖(しょう)蒲(ぶ) (shōbu)

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Korean

Hanja

蒲 • (po) (hangeul 포, revised po, McCune–Reischauer p'o, Yale pho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 蒲 (bồ, bù, mồ)

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