方舟

Chinese

		square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just	boat
simp. and trad. (方舟)		方	舟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fāngzhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong¹ zau¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hong-chiu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fāngzhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fangjhou
    • Wade–Giles: fang¹-chou¹
    • Yale: fāng-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fangjou
    • Palladius: фанчжоу (fančžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong¹ zau¹
    • Yale: fōng jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong¹ zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-chiu
    • Tâi-lô: hong-tsiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongciw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ t͡siu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siu⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: pjang tsyuw

Rime
Character	方	舟
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	府良切	職流切
Baxter	pjang	tsyuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʉɐŋ/	/t͡ɕɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷiɐŋ/	/t͡ɕiu/
Shao Rongfen	/piuɑŋ/	/t͡ɕiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puaŋ/	/cuw/
Li Rong	/piuaŋ/	/t͡ɕiu/
Wang Li	/pĭwaŋ/	/t͡ɕĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/piwaŋ/	/t͡ɕi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fāng	zhōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fong1	zau1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C-paŋ|paŋ  tu/

  (Zhengzhang): /*paŋ  tjɯw/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	方	方	方	舟
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fāng	fāng	fāng	zhōu
Middle Chinese	‹ pjang ›	‹ pjang ›	‹ pjang ›	‹ tsyuw ›
Old Chinese	/*C-paŋ/	/*paŋ/	/*paŋ/	/*tu/
English	square	method	just, then	boat
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	方	舟
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	3023	17504
Phonetic component	方	舟
Rime group	陽	幽
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	方	周
Old Chinese	/*paŋ/	/*tjɯw/
Notes	甲金文象槳即榜初文， 下初爲單筆，猶旂左初亦作單杆

Noun

方舟

1. ark (ship)

Derived terms

• 挪亞方舟／挪亚方舟 (Nuóyà Fāngzhōu)
• 諾亞方舟／诺亚方舟 (Nuòyà Fāngzhōu)
• 諾厄方舟／诺厄方舟 (Nuò'è Fāngzhōu)

 

Proper noun

方舟

1. (Christianity, Judaism, Islam) Ark (ship built by Noah)

Verb

方舟

1. (Classical, of two boats) to be joined together

Japanese

Kanji in this term
方	舟
はこ Grade: 2	ふね > ぶね Grade: S
jukujikun	kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
箱船 箱舟

Etymology

箱 (hako, “box; chest; ark”) +‎ 船 (fune, “ship; boat”). The spellings 箱船/箱舟 use the literal word for "box", while this spelling uses the Chinese 方 for the "squarish" shape of a box, as in 方形 (hōkei, “square”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はこぶね [hàkóbúné] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) はこぶ​ね [hàkóbúꜜnè] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ko̞bɯ̟ᵝne̞]

Noun

方(はこ)舟(ぶね) • (hakobune) 

1. (literal) a rectangular/cuboid/boxy watercraft

Proper noun

方(はこ)舟(ぶね) • (Hakobune) 

1. Short for ノアの方舟 (Noa no Hakobune, “Noah's Ark”).

See also

• 契(けい)約(やく)の箱(はこ) (Keiyaku no Hako, “Ark of the Covenant”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
方	舟

Noun

方舟 • (bangju or McCune-Reischauer: pangju or Yale: pangcwu) (hangeul 방주)

1. Hanja form^? of 방주 (“ark”).

Proper noun

方舟 • (Bangju or McCune-Reischauer: Pangju or Yale: Pangcwu) (hangeul 방주)

1. Hanja form^? of 방주 (“Ark”).