菐

See also: 業 and 美

菐 U+83D0, 菐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83D0 ← 菏 [U+83CF] CJK Unified Ideographs 菑 → [U+83D1]

Translingual

Han character

菐 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿金廿人 (TCTO), composition ⿳业䒑夫)

1. Shuowen Jiezi radical №61

Derived characters

• 噗, 蹼, 樸, 幞, 撲, 醭, 墣, 轐(𫐗), 𡡐, 𣾴, 獛, 僕, 𠔯, 璞, 瞨, 穙, 鏷, 𨞊, 𪠖, 𣊪, 𣪻, 𤗵, 𩯏, 䪁, 𩑀, 𩪛, 𮁅

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1037, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31164
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 30, character 9
• Unihan data for U+83D0

Chinese

simp. and trad.		菐

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

According to Shuowen, an ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *boːɡ, *puɡ) : semantic 丵 + phonetic 廾 (OC *kloŋ, *kloŋʔ).

For a more recent view, see the glyph origin section at 僕 (pú).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pú (pu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): buk⁶

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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: buk⁶
    • Yale: buhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: buk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʊk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: buwk, pjuwk

Rime
Character	菐	菐
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	屋 (3)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	蒲木切	方六切
Baxter	buwk	pjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buk̚/	/pɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/buk̚/	/piuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/buk̚/	/piuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bəwk̚/	/puwk̚/
Li Rong	/buk̚/	/piuk̚/
Wang Li	/buk̚/	/pĭuk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱuk̚/	/pi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bú	fu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	buk6	fuk1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*boːɡ/, /*puɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	菐	菐
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9896	9898
Phonetic component	菐	菐
Rime group	屋	覺
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	暴	福
Old Chinese	/*boːɡ/	/*puɡ/

Definitions

菐

1. (obsolete) thicket

References

• (Cantonese) 粵音資料集叢, citing %1 (1962)

Japanese

Kanji

菐

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ほく (hoku)、ぼく (boku)
• Kun: わずらわしい (wazurawashii)