駁

駁 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+4, 14 strokes, cangjie input 尸火大大 (SFKK), four-corner 7434₀, composition ⿰馬爻)

• 礟, 𫬇

• KangXi: page 1435, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44619
• Dae Jaweon: page 1959, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4544, character 9
• Unihan data for U+99C1

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *praːwɢ) : semantic 馬 (“horse”) + phonetic 爻 (OC *ɢraːw).

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *bruk (“piebald”) (Schuessler, 2007, STEDT); cognate with Burmese ပြောက် (prauk, “spotted, speckled”), Karbi pʰròk, Jingpho prúʔ, Mru preu (“of mixed colors”). Another Chinese cognate may be 斑 (OC *praːn).

豹 (OC *preːwɢs, “leopard”) is its exopassive derivative, literally meaning, "the spotted one".

駁

1. (of a horse's fur) variegated
2. mixed; heterogenous; impure

   駁雜／驳杂  ―  bózá  ―  multifarious

   • 粹而王，駁而伯，無一焉而亡。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     粹而王，驳而伯，无一焉而亡。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

     Cuì ér wàng, bó ér bà, wú yī yān ér wáng. [Pinyin]

     Those who possess its essence shall be elevated King; even its impure application creates a great power; without it, one is doomed to ruin.

3. to refute; to rebut
4. to transport by barge
5. barge; lighter
6. suddenly
7. Alternative form of 駮／驳 (bó, “a mythical beast that can eat tigers”).

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. variegated
2. mixed, heterogenous
3. refute, disprove

• On (unclassified): ばく (baku); はく (haku)
• Kun: まだら (madara, 駁); まざる (mazaru, 駁ざる); まじる (majiru, 駁じる)

From Middle Chinese 駁 (MC pˠʌk̚). Recorded as Early Modern Korean 박 (Yale: pak) in Samun Seonghwi (三韻聲彙 / 삼운성휘), 1751.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pa̠k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [박]

Wikisource 駁 (eumhun 논박할 박 (nonbakhal bak))

1. Hanja form^? of 박 (“to refute; to rebut”).

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

駁: Hán Nôm readings: bác

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