駁

See also: 駮 and 驳

駁 U+99C1, 駁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-99C1 ← 駀 [U+99C0] CJK Unified Ideographs 駂 → [U+99C2]

Translingual

Han character

駁 (radical 187, 馬+4, 14 strokes, cangjie input 尸火大大 (SFKK), four-corner 7434₀, composition ⿰馬爻)

Derived characters

• 礟, 𫬇

References

• KangXi: page 1435, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44619
• Dae Jaweon: page 1959, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4544, character 9
• Unihan data for U+99C1

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Chinese

trad.		駁
simp.		驳

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
崤	*ɢaːw, *ɢraːw
郩	*qaːwʔ
敎	*kraːw, *kraːws
較	*kreːwɢs, *kreːwɢ
肴	*ɢraːw
淆	*ɢraːw
倄	*ɢraːw, *ɢʷɯːʔ
爻	*ɢraːw
餚	*ɢraːw
殽	*ɢraːw
笅	*ɢraːw
駁	*praːwɢ

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *bruk (“piebald”) (Schuessler, 2007, STEDT); cognate with Burmese ပြောက် (prauk, “spotted, speckled”), Karbi pʰròk, Jingpho prúʔ, Mru preu (“of mixed colors”). Another Chinese cognate may be 班 (OC *praːn).

豹 (OC *preːwɢs, “leopard”) is its exopassive derivative, literally meaning, "the spotted one".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bó (bo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bok³
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): pok / pak / poh

  (Teochew, Peng'im): boh⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ
    • Wade–Giles: po2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pwɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bok³
    • Yale: bok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pok
    • Tâi-lô: pok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pog
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /pɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔk̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pak
    • Tâi-lô: pak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pag
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou): /pak̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poh
    • Tâi-lô: poh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poiq
    • IPA (Taipei): /poʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤʔ³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: boh⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: poh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /poʔ²/

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• Middle Chinese: /pˠʌk̚/

Rime
Character	駁
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	北角切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/pɔk̚/
Wang Li	/pɔk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/pɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bo

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤrawk/

  (Zhengzhang): /*praːwɢ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	駁
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bó
Middle Chinese	‹ pæwk ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁrawk/
English	horse of mixed color
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	駁
Reading #	1/1
No.	14653
Phonetic component	爻
Rime group	藥
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	剥
Old Chinese	/*praːwɢ/

Definitions

駁

1. (of a horse's fur) variegated
2. mixed; heterogenous; impure

   駁雜 / 驳杂  ―  bózá  ―  multifarious

   • 粹而王，駁而伯，無一焉而亡。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     粹而王，驳而伯，无一焉而亡。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, circa 3^rd century BCE

     Cuì ér wàng, bó ér bà, wú yī yān ér wáng. [Pinyin]

     Those who possess its essence shall be elevated King; even its impure application creates a great power; without it, one is doomed to ruin.

3. to refute; to rebut
4. to transport by barge
5. barge
6. suddenly

Compounds

• 反駁／反驳 (fǎnbó)
• 回駁／回驳
• 彈駁／弹驳
• 批駁／批驳 (pībó)
• 拖駁／拖驳
• 接駁／接驳 (jiēbó)
• 斑駁／斑驳 (bānbó)
• 斑駁陸離／斑驳陆离 (bānbólùlí)
• 班駁／班驳
• 舛駁／舛驳
• 蕪駁／芜驳

• 貶駁／贬驳
• 踳駁／踳驳
• 辨駁／辨驳
• 辯駁／辩驳 (biànbó)
• 陸離斑駁／陆离斑驳
• 駁倒／驳倒 (bódǎo)
• 駁勘／驳勘
• 駁回／驳回 (bóhuí)
• 駁岸／驳岸
• 駁斥／驳斥 (bóchì)
• 駁正／驳正

• 駁殼槍／驳壳枪
• 駁犖／驳荦
• 駁船／驳船 (bóchuán)
• 駁落／驳落
• 駁詰／驳诘
• 駁議／驳议 (bóyì)
• 駁辭／驳辞
• 駁雜／驳杂 (bózá)
• 駁難／驳难
• 駁頭／驳头

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Japanese

Kanji

駁

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ばく (baku); はく (haku)
• Kun: まだら (madara, 駁); まじる (majiru, 駁じる)

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Korean

Hanja

駁 (eum 박 (bak))

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Vietnamese

Han character

駁: Hán Nôm readings: bác

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