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袍
袍
Translingual
Han character
袍 (radical 145 衣+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中心口山 (LPRU), four-corner 37212)
- long gown, robe, cloak
References
- KangXi: page 1113, character 30
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34174
- Dae Jaweon: page 1579, character 21
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3084, character 6
- Unihan data for U+888D
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
袍 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 袍
| |
|---|---|
| Large seal script | 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
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˊ
- Wade-Giles: p'ao2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paur
- IPA (key): /pʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: pou4
- Yale: pòuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: pou4
- IPA (key): /pʰou̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phàu
- Hakka Romanization System: pauˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: pau2
- IPA: /pʰa̯u¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phàu / phâu / pô͘
- Tâi-lô: phàu / phâu / pôo
- Phofsit Daibuun: phaux, phaau, poo
- IPA (Xiamen): /pʰaʊ²¹/, /pʰaʊ²⁴/, /pɔ²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰaʊ⁴¹/, /pʰaʊ²⁴/, /pɔ²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰaʊ²¹/, /pʰaʊ¹³/, /pɔ¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /pʰaʊ¹¹/, /pʰaʊ²⁴/, /pɔ²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰaʊ²¹/, /pʰaʊ²³/, /pɔ²³/
- (Hokkien)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 袍 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /pʰɑu³⁵/ |
| Harbin | /pʰau²⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /pʰɑu⁴⁵/ | |
| Jinan | /pʰɔ⁴²/ | |
| Qingdao | /pʰɔ⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /pʰau⁴²/ | |
| Xi'an | /pʰau²⁴/ | |
| Xining | /pʰɔ²⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /pʰɔ⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /pʰɔ⁵³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /pʰɔ⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /pʰau²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu | /pʰau³¹/ | |
| Guiyang | /pʰao²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /pʰɔ³¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /pʰɔo²⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /pʰɔ⁵⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /pʰau¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /pʰɔ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /pʰɔ³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /bɔ²³/ |
| Suzhou | /bæ¹³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /bɔ²¹³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /bɜ³¹/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /pʰɔ⁴⁴/ |
| Tunxi | /pʰə⁴⁴/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /pau¹³/ |
| Xiangtan | /baɯ¹²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /pʰɑu²⁴/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /pʰau¹¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /pʰɑu¹¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /pʰou²¹/ |
| Nanning | /pʰu²¹/ | |
| Hong Kong | /pʰou²¹/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /pɔ³⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /po⁵³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /pau²¹/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /pʰau⁵⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /ʔbau³¹/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 袍 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 薄襃切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/bɑu/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/bɑu/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/bɑu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/baw/ |
| Li Rong |
/bɑu/ |
| Wang Li |
/bɑu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/bʱɑu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
páo |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 袍 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
páo |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ baw › |
| Old Chinese |
/*m.[p]ˤu/ |
| English | long robe |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 袍 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 265 |
| Phonetic component |
勹 |
| Rime group |
幽 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
袍 |
| Old Chinese |
/*buː/ |
Definitions
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
袍
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
袍 • (po) (hangeul 포, revised po, McCune-Reischauer p'o, Yale pho)
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Vietnamese
Han character
袍 (bào, bâu)
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