蒲

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

Translingual

Han character

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

  • KangXi: 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

trad. 蒲
simp. # 蒲

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation



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
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

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

  • 蒲艾
  • 蒲草
  • 蒲萄
  • 蒲葵 (púkuí)
  • 蒲葵扇
  • 蒲邑三善
  • 蒲阪
  • 蒲隆地 (Púlóngdì)
  • 蒲鞋
  • 蒲鞭
  • 蒲鞭不施
  • 蒲鞭不用
  • 蒲鞭之政
  • 蒲鞭示辱
  • 蒲鞵
  • 鞭蒲
  • 香蒲
  • 伊蒲饌/伊蒲馔
  • 截蒲為牒/截蒲为牒
  • 扇葉蒲葵/扇叶蒲葵
  • 編蒲/编蒲
  • 菖蒲蓮/菖蒲莲
  • 蒲劇/蒲剧 (pújù)
  • 蒲劍/蒲剑
  • 蒲包兒/蒲包儿
  • 蒲團/蒲团 (pútuán)
  • 蒲墩兒/蒲墩儿
  • 蒲戲/蒲戏
  • 蒲扇價增/蒲扇价增
  • 蒲松齡/蒲松龄
  • 蒲江縣/蒲江县
  • 蒲牒寫書/蒲牒写书
  • 蒲甸兒/蒲甸儿
  • 蒲福風級/蒲福风级
  • 蒲窩子/蒲窝子
  • 蒲笨車/蒲笨车
  • 蒲節/蒲节 (Pújié)
  • 蒲籃/蒲篮
  • 蒲絨/蒲绒
  • 蒲羅/蒲罗
  • 蒲葦/蒲苇 (púwěi)
  • 蒲蓮/蒲莲 (Púlián)
  • 蒲蘆/蒲芦
  • 蒲蠻/蒲蛮
  • 蒲觴/蒲觞
  • 蒲車/蒲车
  • 蒲輪/蒲轮 (púlún)
  • 蒲關/蒲关

Descendants

(water plant):

  • → Tangut: 𘀔 (*phu¹)

Etymology 2

From the vernacular reading of 浮 (pou4).

Pronunciation

Definitions

蒲

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

References

Japanese

Kanji

蒲

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. bulrush, reed

Readings

  • Go-on: ぶ (bu)
  • Kan-on: ほ (ho)
  • Kun: がま (gama, 蒲); かま (kama, 蒲); かば (kaba, 蒲)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

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

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