穙

穙 U+7A59, 穙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A59 ← 穘 [U+7A58] CJK Unified Ideographs 穚 → [U+7A5A]

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *boːɡ) : semantic 禾 (“grain”) + phonetic 菐 (OC *boːɡ, *puɡ)

Han character

穙 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 竹木廿金人 (HDTCO), composition ⿰禾菐)

1. dense growth of grain crops

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 860, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25302
• Dae Jaweon: page 1286, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2632, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7A59

Chinese

simp. and trad.		穙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pú (pu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): buk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pú
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pú
    • Wade–Giles: pʻu²
    • Yale: pú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pwu
    • Palladius: пу (pu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: buk⁶
    • Yale: buhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: buk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʊk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: buwk

Rime
Character	穙
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	屋 (3)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蒲木切
Baxter	buwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/buk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/buk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bəwk̚/
Li Rong	/buk̚/
Wang Li	/buk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱuk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	buk6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*boːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	穙
Reading #	1/1
No.	9897
Phonetic component	菐
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	暴
Old Chinese	/*boːɡ/

Definitions

穙

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Japanese

Kanji

穙

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ほく (hoku)、ぼく (boku)
• Kun: しげる (shigeru)