刨

See also: 鉋

刨 U+5228, 刨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5228 ← 刧 [U+5227] CJK Unified Ideographs 利 → [U+5229]

Translingual

Han character

刨 (radical 18, 刀+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 心山中弓 (PULN), four-corner 2270₀, composition ⿰包刂)

References

• KangXi: page 138, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1929
• Dae Jaweon: page 313, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 331, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5228

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (勹) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
袍	*buː
袌	*buː, *buːs
軳	*buː
抱	*buːʔ
勽	*buːs, *mɯnʔ
菢	*buːs
勹	*pruː
包	*pruː
胞	*pruː, *pʰruː
苞	*pruː
枹	*pruː, *bu, *bu
飽	*pruːʔ
泡	*pʰruː, *m̥ʰruːs, *bruː
炮	*pʰruːs, *bruː
皰	*pʰruːs, *bruːs
疱	*pʰruːs, *bruːs
跑	*bruː, *bruːɡ
咆	*bruː
庖	*bruː
匏	*bruː
刨	*bruː
狍	*bruː
炰	*bruː
鉋	*bruː, *bruːs
瓟	*bruː, *bruːɡ
颮	*bruː, *pʰruːɡ
鞄	*bruː, *bruːʔ, *bruːs, *pʰruːɡ
鮑	*bruːʔ
骲	*bruːʔ, *bruːs, *bruːɡ, *pʰoːɡ
玸	*bu
雹	*bruːɡ
窇	*bruːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *bruː): phonetic 包 (OC *pruː) + semantic 刀 (“knife”).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		刨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): páo (pao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paau⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phàu
• Min Nan (POJ): phâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: páo
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˊ
    • Wade–Giles: p'ao²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paur
    • Tongyong Pinyin: páo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: paau⁴
    • Yale: pàauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pao⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰäːu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phàu
    • Hakka Romanization System: pauˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pau²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰau̯¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phâu
    • Tâi-lô: phâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phaau
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /pʰaʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰaʊ¹³/

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• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*bruː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	刨
Reading #	1/1
No.	289
Phonetic component	勹
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	庖
Old Chinese	/*bruː/

Definitions

刨

1. to dig
2. (Mandarin, colloquial) to eliminate; to remove

Compounds

• 刨根
• 刨根問底／刨根问底 (páogēnwèndǐ)

• 刨根究底
• 刨蹴

• 刨除 (páochú)

Etymology 2

trad.		刨/鉋
simp.		刨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bào (bao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paau⁴, paau^4-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phàu
• Min Dong (BUC): pâu
• Min Nan (POJ): pāu / phâu
• Wu (Wiktionary): bau (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bào
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ
    • Wade–Giles: pao⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baw
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bào
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: paau⁴, paau^4-2
    • Yale: pàauh, páau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paau⁴, paau^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: pao⁴, pao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰäːu̯²¹/, /pʰäːu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

Note:

• paau4 - verb;
• paau4-2 - noun.

Hakka

• (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phàu
  • Hakka Romanization System: pauˇ
  • Hagfa Pinyim: pau²
  • Sinological IPA: /pʰau̯¹¹/

Min Dong

• (Fuzhou)
  • Bàng-uâ-cê: pâu
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑu²⁴²/

Min Nan

• (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pāu
  • Tâi-lô: pāu
  • Phofsit Daibuun: pau
  • IPA (Quanzhou): /paʊ⁴¹/
  • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /paʊ²²/
• (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phâu
  • Tâi-lô: phâu
  • Phofsit Daibuun: phaau
  • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /pʰaʊ²⁴/
  • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰaʊ¹³/

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: bau (T3)
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /b̻ɔ²³/

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• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*bruː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	刨
Reading #	1/1
No.	289
Phonetic component	勹
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	庖
Old Chinese	/*bruː/

Definitions

刨

1. plane; planer; planing machine
2. to shave; to plane

   刨鉛筆 / 刨铅笔 [Cantonese]  ―  paau⁴ jyun⁴ bat¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to sharpen a pencil

3. (Cantonese) grater
4. (Cantonese) to grate

Compounds

• 刨冰 (bàobīng)
• 刨冰機／刨冰机
• 刨花水

• 筆刨／笔刨 (bǐbào)
• 鉛筆刨／铅笔刨 (qiānbǐbào)

• 鬚刨／须刨
• 龍門刨床／龙门刨床

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Japanese

Kanji

刨

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. carpenter's plane
2. plane
3. level

Readings

• Go-on: ひょう (hyō)^{←へう (feu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ほう (hō)^{←はう (fau, historical)}
• Kun: けずる (kezuru, 刨る)

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Korean

Hanja

刨 (eum 포 (po))

1. carpenter's plane
2. plane
3. level

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Vietnamese

Han character

刨: Hán Nôm readings: bào

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