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薄

薄 U+8584, 薄
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8584
← 薃
[U+8583] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 薅 →
[U+8585]

Translingual

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Stroke order
Mainland China and Japan
 

Han character

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薄 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 16 (Japan, Mainland), 17 (Hong Kong, Taiwan) strokes, cangjie input 廿水戈戈 (TEII), four-corner 44146, composition ⿱艹溥)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1060, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32083
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1523, character 40
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3307, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+8584

Chinese

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trad. 薄
simp. # 薄

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 薄
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
 
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 *baːɡ): semantic 艹 + phonetic 溥 (OC *pʰaːʔ, *paːɡ).

Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ba (“thin; flat”) (STEDT). Cognate with Burmese ပါး (pa:, “thin”), Jingpho pha (pha³¹, “thin”).

Pronunciation 1

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Note:
  • bó - literary (“weak, poor, stingy”);
  • báo - vernacular (“thin”);
  • bò - only used in 薄荷.
Note: bik1 - common alternative pronunciation for “to approach”.
Note:
  • po̍h - colloquial (“thin; meagre; weak; surname”);
  • po̍k - literary.
Note:
  • bêg4 - “to approach”;
  • bo7 - only used in 薄荷.
Rime
Character 薄
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 鐸 (104)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 傍各切
Baxter bak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/bwɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/bʷɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/buɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/bwak̚/
Li
Rong 		/buɑk̚/
Wang
Li 		/buɑk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/bʱwɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bó
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		bok6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 薄
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		bó
Middle
Chinese 		‹ bak ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[b]ˁak/
English thin

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 薄
Reading # 1/1
No. 3487
Phonetic
component 		甫
Rime
group 		鐸
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		泊
Old
Chinese 		/*baːɡ/

Definitions

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薄

  1. thin (not thick); flimsy
    薄布  ―  báo bù  ―  flimsy cloth
    如履薄冰  ―  rúlǚbóbīng  ―  to be very careful (literally, “like treading on thin ice”)
    呢件衫好薄。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    ne1 gin6 saam1 hou2 bok6. [Jyutping]
    This shirt is very light.
  2. slight; meagre; small
    薄酬  ―  bóchóu  ―  small reward
  3. poor; infertile
  4. cold in manner; indifferent
  5. ungenerous; unkind; mean
    刻薄  ―  kèbó  ―  mean; unkind
  6. (of taste) weak; light; not strong
    酒味很薄。  ―  Jiǔ wèi hěn báo.  ―  The wine is very weak.
  7. to belittle; to despise
    厚此薄彼  ―  hòucǐbóbǐ  ―  to favour one and slight the other
  8. Alternative form of 亳 (Bó, “capital of Yin”)
  9. to reduce
  10. (literary) to approach
    日薄西山  ―  rìbóxīshān  ―  to approach death
  11. a surname
    薄一波  ―  Bó Yībō  ―  Bo Yibo
Synonyms
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  • (Southwestern Mandarin, Jianghuai Mandarin) 𣻏 (jiāo, “thin”)
Antonyms
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  • 厚 (hòu, “thick”)
See also
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Compounds

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Pronunciation 2

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Definitions

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薄

  1. Only used in 薄荷 (bòhé, “mint”).

Compounds

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Pronunciation 3

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Definitions

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薄

  1. (historical dictionaries only) Only used in 蓾薄.

References

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Japanese

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Shinjitai 薄
Kyūjitai
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薄󠄃
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Kanji

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薄

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. thin, weak, sparse
  2. dilute
  3. weak (tea)

Readings

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Compounds

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term
薄
すすき
Grade: S
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 薄 – see the following entry.
【すすきススキ】
[noun] susuki grass, Japanese pampas grass
[noun] (card games) a suit in 花札 (hanafuda), representing the month of August
Alternative spelling
芒
(This term, 薄, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology

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Kanji in this term
薄
うす
Grade: S
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 薄 – see the following entry.
【うす】
[prefix] 薄: light (in degree)
(This term, 薄, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

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  1. ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1857 (paper), page 980 (digital)

Korean

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Hanja

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薄 (eumhun 엷을 박 (yeolbeul bak))

  1. hanja form? of 박 (“thin, slight, weak”)
  2. hanja form? of 박 (“poor, stingy”)

Vietnamese

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Han character

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薄: Hán Nôm readings: bạc

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