麩

See also: 麸

Translingual

Han character

麩 (Kangxi radical 199, 麥+4, 15 strokes, cangjie input 十水手人 (JEQO), four-corner 4524₃, composition ⿰麥夫 or ⿺麥夫)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1512, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47739
• Dae Jaweon: page 2041, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4600, character 15
• Unihan data for U+9EA9

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Chinese

trad.		麩
simp.		麸

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
趺	*pa
肤	*pa
邞	*pa
鈇	*pa
衭	*pa
玞	*pa
夫	*pa, *ba
鳺	*pa
扶	*pa, *ba
妋	*pa, *qu
麩	*pʰa
蚨	*ba
芙	*ba
颫	*ba
枎	*ba

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fū (fu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pho͘ / kho͘ / hu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fū
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fu
    • Wade–Giles: fu¹
    • Yale: fū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fu
    • Palladius: фу (fu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fu¹
    • Yale: fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pho͘
    • Tâi-lô: phoo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phof
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔ³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kho͘
    • Tâi-lô: khoo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qof
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰɔ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu
    • Tâi-lô: hu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hw
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hu³³/

Note:

• pho͘ - vernacular;
• kho͘ - 枯 is used in the Mainland;
• hu - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: phju

Rime
Character	麩
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	芳無切
Baxter	phju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰio/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰuə̆/
Li Rong	/pʰio/
Wang Li	/pʰĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰa/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	麩
Reading #	1/1
No.	3278
Phonetic component	夫
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	敷
Old Chinese	/*pʰa/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 麩

1. (of wheat) bran
2. panned gold; gold dust

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Japanese

Kanji

麩

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 麸)

Readings

• Go-on: ふ (fu)
• Kan-on: ふ (fu)
• Kun: ふすま (fusuma, 麩)

Compounds

• 天麩羅(てんぷら) (tenpura)

Noun

1. Wheat bran.
2. Wheat gluten.
3. Foods made from wheat gluten, somewhat similar to bread.

Noun

1. Wheat bran.

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 麩 (phu)

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