昆布

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kūnbù

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣ ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan¹ bou³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khun-pò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kūnbù
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kunbù
    • Wade–Giles: kʻun¹-pu⁴
    • Yale: kwūn-bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuenbuh
    • Palladius: куньбу (kunʹbu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ən⁵⁵ pu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwan¹ bou³
    • Yale: kwān bou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwan¹ bou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuen¹ bou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn⁵⁵ pou̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khun-pò͘
    • Tâi-lô: khun-pòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qunpox
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰun⁴⁴⁻²² pɔ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kwon puH

Rime
Character	昆	布
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古渾切	愽故切
Baxter	kwon	puH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuən/	/puoH/
Pan Wuyun	/kuon/	/puoH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuən/	/poH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwən/	/pɔH/
Li Rong	/kuən/	/poH/
Wang Li	/kuən/	/puH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuən/	/puoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gūn	bù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwan1	bou3

Etymology 1

		phonetic	to declare; to announce; to spread to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known; spread; (cotton) cloth
trad. (昆布)		昆	布
simp. #(昆布)		昆	布
alternative forms		綸布／纶布

From earlier 綸布 (OC *kruːn paːs, “green ribbon + cloth”), due to the resemblance in appearance (Erya).

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 昆布

1. (often in traditional Chinese medicine) seaweed; kelp; laminara; ecklonia

Synonyms

• 海帶／海带 (hǎidài)
• 海藻 (hǎizǎo)

Etymology 2

		phonetic
trad. (昆布)		昆	布
simp. #(昆布)		昆	布

Proper noun

昆布

1. Khumbu (a region of Nepal)

Synonyms

• 坤布

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
昆	布
こん Grade: S	ふ > ぶ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

昆(こん)布(ぶ) • (konbu) 

1. kombu, kelp, tangle, laminara

See also

• 広布 (hirome)
• えびすめ (ebisume)