俯

See also: 頫

俯 U+4FEF, 俯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FEF ← 修 [U+4FEE] CJK Unified Ideographs 俰 → [U+4FF0]

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TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

俯 (radical 9 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人戈人戈 (OIOI), four-corner 2024₀, composition ⿰亻府)

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 106, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 722
• Dae Jaweon: page 226, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 182, character 9
• Unihan data for U+4FEF

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ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		俯

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 俯
Large seal script L14939 L14935 L14936 L14937 L14938
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 (large seal) and Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (付) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
鉜	bu
跗	po, *bos
柎	po
腑	poʔ
俯	poʔ
府	poʔ
付	pos
咐	pos
怤	pʰo
泭	pʰo, *bo
姇	pʰo
紨	pʰo
拊	pʰoʔ
弣	pʰoʔ
符	bo
苻	bo
坿	bo, *bos
腐	boʔ
附	bos
駙	bos
鮒	bos
袝	bos
蚹	bos
胕	bos

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǔ (fu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu²
• Min Nan (POJ): hú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˇ
    • Wade-Giles: fu³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuu
    • IPA ^(key): /fu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu²
    • Yale: fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu²
    • IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hú
    • Tâi-lô: hú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /pɨo^X/▼

Rime
Character	俯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	方矩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨoX/
Pan Wuyun	/pioX/
Shao Rongfen	/pioX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puə̆X/
Li Rong	/pioX/
Wang Li	/pĭuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fǔ

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*poʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	俯
Reading #	1/1
No.	3510
Phonetic component	付
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	甫
Old Chinese	/*poʔ/
Notes	訓讀同頫

DefinitionsEdit

俯

1. to look down
2. to lie; bow

CompoundsEdit

• 俯仰 (fǔyǎng)
• 俯瞰 (fǔkàn)

• 俯臥／俯卧 (fǔwò)
• 俯視／俯视 (fǔshì)

• 俯身 (fǔshēn)

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

俯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to bend down
2. to lie down

ReadingsEdit

• On (unclassified): ふ (fu)
• Kun: ふす (fusu, 俯す); ふせる (fuseru, 俯せる); うつむく (utsumuku, 俯く); うつむき (utsumuki); うつむけ (utsumuke); うつぶく (utsubuku, 俯く); うつぶき (utsubuki); うつぶけ (utsubuke); うつぶし (utsubushi); うつぶせ (utsubuse, 俯せ)

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

俯 • (bu) (hangeul 부, revised bu, McCune-Reischauer pu)

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

俯 (phủ)

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ReferencesEdit

• Nom Foundation