Wiktionary

薄

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

TranslingualEdit

Stroke order
Mainland China and Japan
 

Han characterEdit

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)

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: 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

ChineseEdit

trad. 薄
simp. # 薄

Glyph originEdit

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, OC *baːɡ): semantic 艹 + phonetic 溥 (OC *pʰaːʔ, *paːɡ).

EtymologyEdit

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

Pronunciation 1Edit

Note:
  • bó - literary (“weak, poor, stingy”);
  • báo - vernacular (“thin”);
  • bò - only used in 薄荷.
  • Cantonese
    • Note: bik1 - common alternative pronunciation for “to approach”.
    Note:
    • po̍h - vernacular, surname;
    • po̍k - literary.
    Note:
    • bêg4 - “to approach”;
    • bo7 - only used in 薄荷.
  • Wu
    • Rime
    Character 薄
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 並 (3)
    Final (韻) 唐 (104)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division (等) I
    Fanqie 傍各切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/bwɑk̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/bʷɑk̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/buɑk̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/bwak̚/
    Li
    Rong         		/buɑk̚/
    Wang
    Li         		/buɑk̚/
    Bernard
    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/

    DefinitionsEdit

    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]  ―  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
    SynonymsEdit
    • (Southwestern Mandarin, Jianghuai Mandarin) 𣻏 (jiāo, “thin”)
    AntonymsEdit
    • 厚 (hòu, “thick”)
    See alsoEdit

    CompoundsEdit

    Derived terms from 薄

    Pronunciation 2Edit

    DefinitionsEdit

    薄

    1. Only used in 薄荷 (bòhé, “mint”).

    CompoundsEdit

    Pronunciation 3Edit

    DefinitionsEdit

    薄

    1. ‡ Only used in 蓾薄.

    ReferencesEdit

    JapaneseEdit

    Shinjitai 薄
    Kyūjitai
    [1]
    薄󠄃
    薄+&#xE0103;?
    (Hanyo-Denshi)
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    KanjiEdit

    薄

    (common “Jōyō” kanji)

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

    ReadingsEdit

    CompoundsEdit

    EtymologyEdit

    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
    Alternative spellings
    薄, 芒, すすき
    (This term, 薄, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

    EtymologyEdit

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

    ReferencesEdit

    1. ^ 1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 1857 (paper), page 980 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)

    KoreanEdit

    HanjaEdit

    薄 (eumhun 엷을 박 (yeolbeul bak))

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

    VietnameseEdit

    Han characterEdit

    薄: Hán Nôm readings: bạc

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