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泡
泡
Translingual
Han character
泡 (radical 85 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水心口山 (EPRU), four-corner 37112, composition ⿰氵包)
References
- KangXi: page 617, character 7
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17307
- Dae Jaweon: page 1012, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1591, character 5
- Unihan data for U+6CE1
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
泡 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 泡
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|---|
| Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (勹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 袍 | *buː |
| 袌 | *buː, *buːs |
| 軳 | *buː |
| 抱 | *buːʔ |
| 勽 | *buːs, *mɯnʔ |
| 菢 | *buːs |
| 勹 | *pruː |
| 包 | *pruː |
| 胞 | *pruː, *pʰruː |
| 苞 | *pruː |
| 枹 | *pruː, *bu, *bu |
| 飽 | *pruːʔ |
| 泡 | *pʰruː, *m̥ʰruːs, *bruː |
| 炮 | *pʰruːs, *bruː |
| 皰 | *pʰruːs, *bruːs |
| 疱 | *pʰruːs, *bruːs |
| 跑 | *bruː, *bruːɡ |
| 咆 | *bruː |
| 庖 | *bruː |
| 匏 | *bruː |
| 刨 | *bruː |
| 狍 | *bruː |
| 炰 | *bruː |
| 鉋 | *bruː, *bruːs |
| 瓟 | *bruː, *bruːɡ |
| 颮 | *bruː, *pʰruːɡ |
| 鞄 | *bruː, *bruːʔ, *bruːs, *pʰruːɡ |
| 鮑 | *bruːʔ |
| 骲 | *bruːʔ, *bruːs, *bruːɡ, *pʰoːɡ |
| 玸 | *bu |
| 雹 | *bruːɡ |
| 窇 | *bruːɡ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): pou5, paau4, paau3, paau1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pau
- Min Nan (POJ): phàu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˋ
- Wade-Giles: p'ao4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paw
- IPA (key): /pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄠ
- Wade-Giles: p'ao1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pau
- IPA (key): /pʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: pou5, paau4, paau3, paau1
- Yale: póuh, pàauh, paau, pāau
- Cantonese Pinyin: pou5, paau4, paau3, paau1
- IPA (key): /pʰou̯¹³/, /pʰɑːu̯²¹/, /pʰɑːu̯³³/, /pʰɑːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pau
- Hakka Romanization System: bau
- Hagfa Pinyim: bau4
- IPA: /pa̯u⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phàu
- Tâi-lô: phàu
- Phofsit Daibuun: phaux
- IPA (Xiamen): /pʰaʊ²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰaʊ⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰaʊ²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /pʰaʊ¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰaʊ²¹/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 泡 | 泡 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | II |
| Fanqie | 匹交切 | 薄交切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/pʰˠau/ | /bˠau/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/pʰᵚau/ | /bᵚau/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/pʰau/ | /bau/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/pʰaɨw/ | /baɨw/ |
| Li Rong |
/pʰau/ | /bau/ |
| Wang Li |
/pʰau/ | /bau/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/pʰau/ | /bʱau/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
pāo | páo |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 泡 | 泡 | 泡 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 278 | 283 | 296 |
| Phonetic component |
勹 | 勹 | 勹 |
| Rime group |
幽 | 幽 | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
胞 | 奅 | 庖 |
| Old Chinese |
/*pʰruː/ | /*m̥ʰruːs/ | /*bruː/ |
| Notes | 𣶐後起字 | ||
Definitions
泡
- bubble
- pimple
- bubblelike object
- to cause to soak in fluid
- (slang) to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, to pick up
- classifier for urine
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
泡 • (po) (hangeul 포, revised po, McCune-Reischauer p'o, Yale pho)
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