抔

抔 U+6294, 抔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6294 ← 抓 [U+6293] CJK Unified Ideographs 投 → [U+6295]

Translingual

Han character

抔 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手一火 (QMF), four-corner 5109₀, composition ⿰扌不)

1. take or hold up in both hands

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 421, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11886
• Dae Jaweon: page 768, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1834, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6294

Chinese

simp. and trad.		抔
alternative forms		㧵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): póu (pou²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: póu
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: póu
    • Wade–Giles: pʻou²
    • Yale: póu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pour
    • Palladius: поу (pou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pau⁴
    • Yale: pàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: peo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɐu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: phwoj, buw

Rime
Character	抔	抔
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	芳杯切	薄侯切
Baxter	phwoj	buw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰuʌi/	/bəu/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰuoi/	/bəu/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰuɒi/	/bəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰwəj/	/bəw/
Li Rong	/pʰuᴀi/	/bu/
Wang Li	/pʰuɒi/	/bəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰuɑ̆i/	/bʱə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pēi	póu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pui1	pau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bɯ/, /*pʰlɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	抔	抔
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1024	1045
Phonetic component	不	不
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	裒	肧
Old Chinese	/*bɯ/	/*pʰlɯː/

Definitions

抔

1. to hold with cupped hands
2. classifier for handfuls of things

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B01258
• Yutang, Lin, Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage.

Japanese

Kanji

抔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぶ (bu)
• Kan-on: ほう (hō)
• Kun: など (nado); すくう (sukuu, 抔う)

Korean

Hanja

抔 (eum 부 (bu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

抔: Hán Nôm readings: bồi

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