幕府

Chinese

		stage curtain; tent	prefecture; mansion
trad. (幕府)		幕	府
simp. #(幕府)		幕	府

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mùfǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄈㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mok⁶ fu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mùfǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄈㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mùfǔ
    • Wade–Giles: mu⁴-fu³
    • Yale: mù-fǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhfuu
    • Palladius: муфу (mufu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mok⁶ fu²
    • Yale: mohk fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mok⁹ fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mog⁶ fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːk̚² fuː³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: mak pjuX

Rime
Character	幕	府
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	鐸 (103)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	慕各切	方矩切
Baxter	mak	pjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɑk̚/	/pɨoX/
Pan Wuyun	/mɑk̚/	/pioX/
Shao Rongfen	/mɑk̚/	/pioX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mak̚/	/puə̆X/
Li Rong	/mɑk̚/	/pioX/
Wang Li	/mɑk̚/	/pĭuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/mɑk̚/	/pi̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mò	fǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mok6	fu2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤak  p(r)oʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*maːɡ  poʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	幕	府
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mù	fǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ mak ›	‹ pjuX ›
Old Chinese	/*mˁak/	/*p(r)oʔ/
English	covering	repository
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	幕	府
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	9257	3511
Phonetic component	莫	付
Rime group	鐸	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	莫	甫
Old Chinese	/*maːɡ/	/*poʔ/

Noun

幕府

1. (historical) office of a commanding officer in ancient China
2. (historical) shogunate (administration of a shogun)

Derived terms

• 幕府時代／幕府时代
• 德川幕府 (Déchuān Mùfǔ)
• 江戶幕府／江户幕府 (Jiānghù Mùfǔ)
• 鐮倉幕府／镰仓幕府

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
幕	府
ばく Grade: 6	ふ Grade: 4
kan’on

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 幕府 (MC mak pjuX). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Originally referred to the tents or encampment of the commanders of a military force in the field. This then extended to refer to the command structure, and then to the form of government under a shōgun.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ば​くふ [báꜜkùfù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ba̠kɯ̟̊ᵝɸɯ̟ᵝ]

• Homophone: 瀑布

Noun

幕(ばく)府(ふ) • (bakufu) 

1. (historical) shogunate (the government under a shogun)
2. (historical) the tents or encampment of the commanders of a military force in the field

Korean

Hanja in this term
幕	府

Noun

幕府 • (makbu) (hangeul 막부)

1. Hanja form^? of 막부 (“shogunate”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
幕	府

Noun

幕府

1. chữ Hán form of mạc phủ (“shogunate”).