Wiktionary

蒲

See also: 莆
蒲 U+84B2, 蒲
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-84B2
← 蒱
[U+84B1] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蒳 →
[U+84B3]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

蒲 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿水戈月 (TEIB), four-corner 44127, composition ⿱艹浦)

  1. bulrush, cattail, reed
  2. vine
  3. various rivers and places

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1049, character 37
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31611
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1511, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3269, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+84B2

Chinese edit

trad. 蒲
simp. # 蒲

Glyph origin edit

Characters in the same phonetic series (甫) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
豧 *pʰoːs, *pʰa, *pʰas
縛 *baːɡs, *baɡ
逋 *paː
餔 *paː, *baːs
晡 *paː
庯 *paː
陠 *paː, *pʰaː
鵏 *paː, *baːs
峬 *paː
誧 *paː, *pʰaː, *pʰaːʔ, *pʰaːs
秿 *paː, *pʰa, *baʔ
鯆 *paː, *pʰaː, *paʔ
補 *paːʔ
圃 *paːʔ, *paːs
鋪 *pʰaː, *pʰaːs, *pʰa
痡 *pʰaː, *pʰa
浦 *pʰaːʔ
烳 *pʰaːʔ
溥 *pʰaːʔ, *paːɡ
悑 *pʰaːs
酺 *baː
匍 *baː
蜅 *baː, *paʔ
脯 *baː, *paʔ
葡 *baː
蒱 *baː
蒲 *baː
簿 *baːʔ, *baːɡ
捕 *baːs
哺 *baːs
簠 *pa, *paʔ, *pʰas
甫 *paʔ
黼 *paʔ
莆 *paʔ
俌 *paʔ, *pʰaʔ
郙 *paʔ, *pʰa
傅 *paɡs
搏 *paɡs, *paːɡ, *pʰaːɡ
麱 *pʰa
尃 *pʰa
榑 *ba
輔 *baʔ
鬴 *baʔ
賻 *baɡs
博 *paːɡ
髆 *paːɡ
鎛 *paːɡ
猼 *paːɡ
餺 *paːɡ
簙 *paːɡ
鑮 *paːɡ, *baːɡ
欂 *paːɡ, *baɡ, *breːɡ
蒪 *pʰaːɡ
膊 *pʰaːɡ
薄 *baːɡ
礡 *baːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *baː) : semantic 艹 (“vegetation”) + phonetic 浦 (OC *pʰaːʔ).

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

Rime
Character 蒲
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 薄胡切
Baxter bu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/buo/
Pan
Wuyun 		/buo/
Shao
Rongfen 		/bo/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/bɔ/
Li
Rong 		/bo/
Wang
Li 		/bu/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/bʱuo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		pú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		pou4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 蒲
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		pú
Middle
Chinese 		‹ bu ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[b]ˁa/
English part of personal name

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 蒲
Reading # 1/1
No. 3441
Phonetic
component 		甫
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		酺
Old
Chinese 		/*baː/

Definitions edit

蒲

  1. calamus; cattail
  2. Short for 菖蒲 (chāngpú, “Acorus calamus”).
  3. Short for 香蒲 (“Typha orientalis”).
  4. Short for 蒲葵 (púkuí, “Livistona chinensis”).
  5. Used in 蒲桃 (pútáo).
  6. a surname
    蒲松齡／蒲松龄  ―  Pú Sōnglíng  ―  Pu Songling (author of Liaozhai zhiyi)

Compounds edit

Descendants edit

(water plant):

  • → Tangut: 𘀔 (*phu¹)

Etymology 2 edit

From the vernacular reading of 浮 (pou4).

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

蒲

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to appear
    蒲頭／蒲头 [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  pou4 tau4 [Jyutping]  ―  (of a person) to show up
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to party; to leisure
    Synonym: wet

References edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

蒲

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. bulrush, reed

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Compounds

Korean edit

Hanja edit

蒲 • (po) (hangeul 포, revised po, McCune–Reischauer p'o, Yale pho)

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

蒲: Hán Việt readings: bồ
蒲: Hán Nôm readings: bồ, bù, mồ

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