扶南

Chinese

		to support with hand; to help someone up; to help	south
simp. and trad. (扶南)		扶	南

Etymology

Related to Modern Khmer ភ្នំ (phnum, “mountain”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Fúnán

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄋㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Fúnán
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Fúnán
    • Wade–Giles: Fu²-nan²
    • Yale: Fú-nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fwunan
    • Palladius: Фунань (Funanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ nän³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: bju|pju nom

Rime
Character	扶	扶	南
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	幫 (1)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)	覃 (159)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III	I
Fanqie	防無切	甫無切	那含切
Baxter	bju	pju	nom
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨo/	/pɨo/	/nʌm/
Pan Wuyun	/bio/	/pio/	/nəm/
Shao Rongfen	/bio/	/pio/	/nɒm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buə̆/	/puə̆/	/nəm/
Li Rong	/bio/	/pio/	/nᴀm/
Wang Li	/bĭu/	/pĭu/	/nɒm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯u/	/pi̯u/	/năm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fú	fū	nán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu4	fu1	naam4

Proper noun

扶南

1. (historical) Funan (an ancient pre-Angkor Indianized kingdom located around the Mekong Delta)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
扶	南
ふ Grade: S	なん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Proper noun

扶(ふ)南(なん) • (Funan) 

1. (historical) Funan (an ancient pre-Angkor Indianized kingdom located around the Mekong Delta)

Korean

Hanja in this term
扶	南

Proper noun

扶南 • (Bunam) (hangeul 부남)

1. hanja form^? of 부남 (“Funan”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
扶	南

Proper noun

扶南

1. chữ Hán form of Phù Nam (“Funan”).