菢

菢 U+83E2, 菢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83E2 ← 菡 [U+83E1] CJK Unified Ideographs 菣 → [U+83E3]

Translingual

Han character

菢 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿手心山 (TQPU), four-corner 4411₂, composition ⿱艹抱)

1. to incubate
2. to brood
3. to hatch

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1038, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31195
• Dae Jaweon: page 1496, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3229, character 3
• Unihan data for U+83E2

Chinese

trad.		菢
simp. #		菢
alternative forms		哺 Cantonese

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

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Related to 孵?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bào (bao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bào
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bào
    • Wade–Giles: pao⁴
    • Yale: bàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baw
    • Palladius: бао (bao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou⁶
    • Yale: bouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: bawH

Rime
Character	菢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	薄報切
Baxter	bawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɑuH/
Pan Wuyun	/bɑuH/
Shao Rongfen	/bɑuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bawH/
Li Rong	/bɑuH/
Wang Li	/bɑuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱɑuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bou6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*buːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	菢
Reading #	1/1
No.	270
Phonetic component	勹
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	暴
Old Chinese	/*buːs/
Notes	方言作抱

Definitions

菢

1. (literary or dialectal) to sit on eggs; to hatch

   菢蛋 [Cantonese]  ―  bou⁶ daan^6-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to hatch eggs

Synonyms

• 孵 (fū)