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)

Derived characters

𱠿, 𰯡, 𨆶, 𰽏, 𩟢, 𪇨

References

Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Characters in the same phonetic series (甫) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
豧	pʰoːs, pʰa, *pʰas
縛	baːɡs, baɡ
逋	*paː
餔	paː, baːs
晡	*paː
庯	*paː
陠	paː, pʰaː
鵏	paː, baːs
峬	*paː
誧	paː, pʰaː, pʰaːʔ, pʰaːs
秿	paː, pʰa, *baʔ
鯆	paː, pʰaː, *paʔ
補	*paːʔ
圃	paːʔ, paːs
鋪	pʰaː, pʰaːs, *pʰa
痡	pʰaː, pʰa
浦	*pʰaːʔ
烳	*pʰaːʔ
溥	pʰaːʔ, paːɡ
悑	*pʰaːs
酺	*baː
匍	*baː
蜅	baː, paʔ
脯	baː, paʔ
葡	*baː
蒱	*baː
蒲	*baː
簿	baːʔ, baːɡ
捕	*baːs
哺	*baːs
簠	pa, paʔ, *pʰas
甫	*paʔ
黼	*paʔ
莆	*paʔ
俌	paʔ, pʰaʔ
郙	paʔ, pʰa
傅	*paɡs
搏	paɡs, paːɡ, *pʰaːɡ
麱	*pʰa
尃	*pʰa
榑	*ba
輔	*baʔ
鬴	*baʔ
賻	*baɡs
博	*paːɡ
髆	*paːɡ
鎛	*paːɡ
猼	*paːɡ
餺	*paːɡ
簙	*paːɡ
鑮	paːɡ, baːɡ
欂	paːɡ, baɡ, *breːɡ
蒪	*pʰaːɡ
膊	*pʰaːɡ
薄	*baːɡ
礡	*baːɡ

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pú (pu²)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): phù

(Meixian, Guangdong): pu²
Eastern Min (BUC): bù / buò
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): phô͘ / pô͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): pu⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶bu

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: pou⁴
  - Yale: pòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phù
  - Hakka Romanization System: pu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pu²
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰu¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: pu²
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰu¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bù / buò
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵³/, /puo⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phô͘ / pô͘
  - Tâi-lô: phôo / pôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoo, poo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔ²⁴/, /pɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔ²⁴/, /pɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔ¹³/, /pɔ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔ²⁴/, /pɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔ²³/, /pɔ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: pu⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phû
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶bu
  - MiniDict: bu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³bu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bu²³/

Middle Chinese: bu

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
Baxter	bu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buo/
Pan Wuyun	/buo/
Shao Rongfen	/bo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bɔ/
Li Rong	/bo/
Wang Li	/bu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pou⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤa/

(Zhengzhang): /*baː/

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

calamus; cattail
Short for 菖蒲 (chāngpú, “Acorus calamus”).
Short for 香蒲 (“Typha orientalis”).
Short for 蒲葵 (púkuí, “Livistona chinensis”).
Used in 蒲桃 (pútáo).
a surname
蒲松齡／蒲松龄 ― Pú Sōnglíng ― Pu Songling (author of Liaozhai zhiyi)

Compounds

Descendants

(water plant):

→ Tangut: 𘀔 (*phu¹)

Etymology 2

From the vernacular reading of 浮 (pou4).

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁴

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: pou⁴
  - Yale: pòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯²¹/

Definitions

蒲

(Hong Kong Cantonese) to appear
蒲頭／蒲头 [Hong Kong Cantonese] ― pou⁴ tau⁴ [Jyutping] ― (of a person) to show up
(Hong Kong Cantonese) to party; to leisure
Synonym: wet

References

“蒲”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

蒲

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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

Etymology

Kanji in this term
蒲
がま Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
香蒲

Noun

蒲(がま) or 蒲(ガマ) • (gama)

common cattail, Typha latifolia

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

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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