鞄

Translingual

Etymology

Historical forms of the character 鞄
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

革 ‎(“leather”) + 包

Han character

鞄 (radical 177 革+5, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿十心口山 (TJPRU), four-corner 4751₂)

References

• KangXi: page 1386, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42781
• Dae Jaweon: page 1901, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4331, character 12
• Unihan data for U+9784

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		鞄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): páo (pao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paai⁴
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): phauh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: páo
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˊ
    • Wade-Giles: p'ao²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paur
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: paai⁴
    • Yale: pàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paai⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰɑːi̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phauh
    • Tâi-lô: phauh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phauq
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰaʊʔ³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰaʊʔ³²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (鞄, reconstructed)
Character (鞄), Pronunciation 1/4
Initial: 並 (3) Final: 肴 (90) Tone: Level (Ø)							Openness: Open Division: II Fanqie: 薄交切							Expected Mandarin reflex: páo
Zhengzhang Shangfang			Pan Wuyun			Shao Rongfen			Edwin Pulleyblank			Li Rong			Wang Li			Bernard Karlgren
/bɣau/			/bɯau/			/bau/			/baɨw/			/bau/			/bau/			/bʱau/
Character (鞄), Pronunciation 2/4
Initial: 並 (3) Final: 肴 (90) Tone: Rising (X)							Openness: Open Division: II Fanqie: 薄巧切							Expected Mandarin reflex: bào
Zhengzhang Shangfang			Pan Wuyun			Shao Rongfen			Edwin Pulleyblank			Li Rong			Wang Li			Bernard Karlgren
/bɣauX/			/bɯauX/			/bauX/			/baɨwX/			/bauX/			/bauX/			/bʱauX/
Character (鞄), Pronunciation 3/4
Initial: 並 (3) Final: 肴 (90) Tone: Departing (H)							Openness: Open Division: II Fanqie: 防敎切							Expected Mandarin reflex: bào
Zhengzhang Shangfang			Pan Wuyun			Shao Rongfen			Edwin Pulleyblank			Li Rong			Wang Li			Bernard Karlgren
/bɣauH/			/bɯauH/			/bauH/			/baɨwH/			/bauH/			/bauH/			/bʱauH/
Character (鞄), Pronunciation 4/4
Initial: 滂 (2) Final: 覺 (10) Tone: Checked (Ø)							Openness: Open Division: II Fanqie: 匹角切							Expected Mandarin reflex: po
Zhengzhang Shangfang			Pan Wuyun			Shao Rongfen			Edwin Pulleyblank			Li Rong			Wang Li			Bernard Karlgren
/pʰɣʌk̚/			/pʰɯɔk̚/			/pʰɔk̚/			/pʰaɨwk̚/			/pʰɔk̚/			/pʰɔk̚/			/pʰɔk̚/

Verb

鞄

1. to work hides

Noun

鞄

1. leather bag

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Japanese

Kanji

鞄

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• On: ほう (hō), はく (haku)
• Kun: かばん (kaban)

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) かばん [kàbáń] (Heiban - [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠βã̠ɴ]

Noun

鞄 ‎(hiragana かばん, romaji kaban)

1. bag
2. baggage, luggage

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Korean

Hanja

鞄 • ‎(po) (hangeul 포, revised po, McCune-Reischauer p'o, Yale pho)

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