亳

See also: 毫

亳 U+4EB3, 亳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EB3 ← 亲 [U+4EB2] CJK Unified Ideographs 亴 → [U+4EB4]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

亳 (Kangxi radical 8, 亠+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜口月心 (YRBP), four-corner 0071₄, composition ⿱⿳亠口冖乇)

Derived characters

• 𪯒

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 89, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 312
• Dae Jaweon: page 188, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 287, character 9
• Unihan data for U+4EB3

Chinese

simp. and trad.		亳

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 亳
Shang		Western Zhou	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Oracle bone script j13452 j13453 j13454 j13455 j13456 j13457 j13458 Bronze inscriptions b08277 b08278 b08279 Small seal script s03825 Transcribed ancient scripts L38066 L38067
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
咤	*ʔr'aː, *ʔr'aːɡs
吒	*ʔr'aːɡs
灹	*ʔr'aːɡs
矺	*ʔr'aːɡs, *ʔl'aːb, *ʔl'aːɡ, *l̥ʰaːɡ, *ʔr'eːɡ
奼	*ʔr'aːɡs, *hr'aːʔ, *ʔl'aːɡs
侘	*hr'aː, *hr'aːɡs
詫	*hr'aːɡs
秅	*r'aː, *ʔl'aːɡs
秺	*ʔl'aːɡs
亳	*blaːɡ
托	*l̥ʰaːɡ
託	*l̥ʰaːɡ
魠	*l̥ʰaːɡ
馲	*l̥ʰaːɡ, *raːɡ, *ʔr'aːɡ
侂	*l̥ʰaːɡ
飥	*l̥ʰaːɡ
仛	*l'aːɡ
虴	*pr'aːɡ
杔	*ʔr'aːɡ
乇	*ʔr'aːɡ
宅	*r'aːɡ
厇	*ʔr'eːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bó (bo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bok³, bok⁶
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁸boq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bó
    • Wade–Giles: po²
    • Yale: bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor
    • Palladius: бо (bo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bok³, bok⁶
    • Yale: bok, bohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁸, bok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bog³, bog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚³/, /pɔːk̚²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁸boq
    • MiniDict: boh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵boq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /boʔ¹²/

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• Middle Chinese: bak

Rime
Character	亳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	唐 (104)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	傍各切
Baxter	bak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bwɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/buɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bwak̚/
Li Rong	/buɑk̚/
Wang Li	/buɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱwɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bok6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*blaːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	亳
Reading #	1/1
No.	16914
Phonetic component	乇
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	泊
Old Chinese	/*blaːɡ/

Definitions

亳

1. capital of Yin

   See also: 三亳

   alt. forms: 薄

2. a district of Chen during the Spring and Autumn period
3. Short for 亳州 (Bózhōu, “Bozhou”).
4. a surname

References

• 諸橋轍次 (Morohashi Tetsuji), chief ed. 大漢和辞典 (Dai Kan-Wa Jiten, “Comprehensive Chinese–Japanese Dictionary”). 13 vols. 1955–1960. Revised and enlarged ed. 1984–1986. Tokyo: Taishukan.

Japanese

Kanji

亳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ばく (baku)
• Kan-on: はく (haku)

Korean

Hanja

亳 • (bak) (hangeul 박, revised bak, McCune–Reischauer pak)

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