璞

璞 U+749E, 璞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-749E ← 璝 [U+749D] CJK Unified Ideographs 璟 → [U+749F]

Translingual

Han character

璞 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一土廿金人 (MGTCO), four-corner 1213₄ or 1218₅, composition ⿰⺩菐)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 742, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21245
• Dae Jaweon: page 1151, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1137, character 10
• Unihan data for U+749E

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Chinese

trad.		璞
simp. #		璞
alternative forms		㺪

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
樸	*baː, *pʰroːɡ, *poːɡ, *boːɡ
璞	*pʰroːɡ
墣	*pʰroːɡ, *pʰoːɡ
撲	*broːɡ, *pʰoːɡ
轐	*poːɡ, *buːɡ
獛	*poːɡ
蹼	*poːɡ
襆	*poːɡ, *boɡ
濮	*poːɡ
纀	*poːɡ
醭	*pʰoːɡ
僕	*boːɡ, *buːɡ
菐	*boːɡ, *puɡ
穙	*boːɡ
鏷	*buːɡ
幞	*boɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰroːɡ) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 菐 (OC *boːɡ, *puɡ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pú (pu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pok³
• Eastern Min (BUC): páuk
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): pog⁴

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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: pok³
    • Yale: pok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: pog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːk̚³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: páuk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑuʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pog⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phok
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰok̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: phaewk

Rime
Character	璞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	匹角切
Baxter	phaewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/pʰɔk̚/
Wang Li	/pʰɔk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	po
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pok3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰroːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	璞
Reading #	1/1
No.	9880
Phonetic component	菐
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	璞
Old Chinese	/*pʰroːɡ/

Definitions

璞

1. uncut jade
2. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

璞

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ほく (hoku)
• Kan-on: はく (haku)
• Kan’yō-on: ぼく (boku)
• Kun: あらたま (aratama, 璞)

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Korean

Hanja

璞 (eumhun 옥돌 박 (okdol bak))

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References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 璞

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Vietnamese

Han character

璞: Hán Việt readings: phác
璞: Nôm readings: phác

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References

• Nom Foundation