黼黻

Chinese

		(embroidery)	(embroidery)
trad. (黼黻)		黼	黻
simp. #(黼黻)		黼	黻

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “looks like there's some sort of reduplication”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǔfú

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˇ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² fat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǔfú
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˇ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǔfú
    • Wade–Giles: fu³-fu²
    • Yale: fǔ-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuufwu
    • Palladius: фуфу (fufu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu² fat¹
    • Yale: fú fāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² fat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² fed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ fɐt̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pjuX pjut

Rime
Character	黼	黻
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	物 (60)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	方矩切	分勿切
Baxter	pjuX	pjut
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨoX/	/pɨut̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pioX/	/piut̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pioX/	/piuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puə̆X/	/put̚/
Li Rong	/pioX/	/piuət̚/
Wang Li	/pĭuX/	/pĭuət̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯uX/	/pi̯uət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fǔ	fu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu2	fat1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*paʔ  pud/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	黼	黻
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3449	158
Phonetic component	甫	犮
Rime group	魚	物
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	甫	弗
Old Chinese	/*paʔ/	/*pud/

Noun

黼黻

1. an axe and a figure resembling 亞 embroidered on an official's robe as a symbol of distinction (being two of the Twelve Ornaments, their colors black-and-white, or black and blue-green)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
黼	黻
ふ Hyōgai	ふつ Hyōgai
on'yomi

Middle Chinese 黼黻 (pɨo^X pɨut̚)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ɸɯ̟t͡sɨ]

Noun

黼(ふ)黻(ふつ) • (fufutsu) 

1. axe and 亞 figure embroidered on an official's robe as a symbol of distinction

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
黼	黻
ほ Hyōgai	ふつ Hyōgai
on'yomi

Middle Chinese 黼黻 (pɨo^X pɨut̚)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ho̞ɸɯ̟t͡sɨ]

Noun

黼(ほ)黻(ふつ) • (hofutsu) 

1. axe and 亞 figure embroidered on an official's robe as a symbol of distinction