埠

See also: 埔

埠 U+57E0, 埠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-57E0 ← 域 [U+57DF] CJK Unified Ideographs 埡 → [U+57E1]

Translingual

Han character

埠 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 土竹口十 (GHRJ), four-corner 4714₇, composition ⿰土阜)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 230, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5161
• Dae Jaweon: page 466, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 454, character 6
• Unihan data for U+57E0

Chinese

simp. and trad.		埠
alternative forms		⿱垖十 埗 (bou6) Cantonese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
阜	*buʔ
埠	*baːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *baːs) : semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 阜 (OC *buʔ).

Etymology

A late formation (後起字). Earlier forms of southern Chinese toponyms using the character were often written with the homophone 步 (MC buH) in historical records dated from the Northern Wei to Ming dynasties, which has been conjectured to be a transcription of an earlier Kra-Dai word (Kang, 2010). Cf. 墟 (xū, “market”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bù, fù (bu⁴, fu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ, ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fau⁶, bou⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): feu⁵

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): phu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): fêu⁴

• Eastern Min (BUC): buô
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): po͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bou¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶bu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bù
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴
    • Yale: bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buh
    • Palladius: бу (bu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fù
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fù
    • Wade–Giles: fu⁴
    • Yale: fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuh
    • Palladius: фу (fu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fau⁶, bou⁶
    • Yale: fauh, bouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fau⁶, bou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: feo⁶, bou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐu̯²²/, /pou̯²²/

Note:

• fau6 - literary;
• bou6 - vernacular.

• (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  • Wiktionary: feu⁵
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feu³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phu
    • Hakka Romanization System: pu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰu⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /feu⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: buô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puɔ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po͘
    • Tâi-lô: poo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pof
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bou¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶bu
    • MiniDict: bu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³bu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bu²³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*baːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	埠
Reading #	1/1
No.	3534
Phonetic component	阜
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	捕
Old Chinese	/*baːs/
Notes	人步今分別唐字

Definitions

埠

1. pier; wharf; dock
2. port city
3. commercial or trading port
4. city; town

   外埠  ―  wàibù  ―  other cities

   埠仔 [Cantonese]  ―  fau⁶ zai² [Jyutping]  ―  small city; small town

Usage notes

• Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) proscribes the use of the pronunciations fù and fǔ.
• Historically used as a suffix for many foreign port cities, such usage is now obsolete and replaced with 市 (shì, “city”).

Synonyms

• (pier):

• 埠頭／埠头
• 步頭／步头 (bùtóu)
• 港埠 (gǎngbù)
• 碼頭／码头
• 船埠 (chuánbù)
• 路頭／路头 (Hokkien)
• 輪埠／轮埠 (lúnbù)

 

Compounds

• 下查埠
• 倉埠／仓埠 (Cāngbù)
• 做埠頭／做埠头
• 叻埠 (La̍t-po͘, “Singapore”) (Min Nan, dated)
• 商埠 (shāngbù)
• 四十埠 (Sìshíbù)
• 圩埠
• 埠河 (Bùhé)
• 埠稅／埠税
• 埠頭／埠头
• 外埠 (wàibù)
• 大埠 (Dàbù)
• 宋埠
• 官埠橋／官埠桥 (Guānbùqiáo)
• 實叻埠／实叻埠 (Si̍t-la̍t-po͘, “Singapore”) (Min Nan, dated)
• 岷埠 (Bîn-po͘, “Manila”) (Min Nan, dated)
• 市埠
• 本埠 (běnbù)
• 李埠 (Lǐbù)
• 橫埠／横埠 (Héngbù)
• 水埠
• 河埠
• 港埠 (gǎngbù)
• 瓦埠 (Wǎbù)
• 石叻埠 (Sit-la̍t-po͘, “Singapore”) (Min Nan, dated)
• 石埠 (Shíbù)
• 船埠 (chuánbù)
• 草埠湖 (Cǎobùhú)
• 華埠／华埠 (huábù, “Chinatown”)
• 蚌埠
• 通都大埠
• 長江埠／长江埠 (Chángjiāngbù)
• 開埠／开埠 (kāibù)
• 香埠
• 高埠
• 魚埠／鱼埠

 

Japanese

Kanji

埠

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぶ (bu)
• Kan-on: ほ (ho)
• Kan’yō-on: ふ (fu)
• Kun: つか (tsuka, 埠); はとば (hatoba, 埠)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

埠: Hán Nôm readings: phụ

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References

• Nom Foundation