僰

僰	U+50F0, 僰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50F0

← 僯
[U+50EF]

CJK Unified Ideographs

僱 →
[U+50F1]

Translingual

Han character

僰 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木月人 (DBO), four-corner 4440₂, composition ⿱棘人)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 118, character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1134
Dae Jaweon: page 250, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 216, character 1
Unihan data for U+50F0

Chinese

simp. and trad.		僰

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 僰
Small seal script s05904 Transcribed ancient scripts L38484 L38485 L28962
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *bɯːɡ, *brɯɡɡ): phonetic 棘 (OC *krɯɡ) + semantic 人 (“person; people”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bó (bo²)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat⁶ / baak⁶ / bok³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bó
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bó
  - Wade–Giles: po²
  - Yale: bwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor
  - Palladius: бо (bo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: bat⁶ / baak⁶ / bok³
  - Yale: baht / baahk / bok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁹ / baak⁹ / bok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed⁶ / bag⁶ / bog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚²/, /paːk̚²/, /pɔːk̚³/

Middle Chinese: bok

Rime
Character	僰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	德 (131)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蒲北切
Baxter	bok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/bək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/bək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bək̚/
Li Rong	/bək̚/
Wang Li	/bək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bak⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*bɯːɡ/, /*brɯɡɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	僰	僰
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	988	989
Phonetic component
Rime group	職	職
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	菔	愎
Old Chinese	/*bɯːɡ/	/*brɯɡɡ/
Notes		據德韻蒲北切又音加

Definitions

僰

(historical) an ancient aboriginal tribe in southwestern China
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to exile; to banish

Compounds

僰人 (Bórén)

Japanese

Kanji

僰

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): ほく (hoku)、ぼく (boku)

Korean

Hanja

僰 (eum 북 (buk))

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