勃

See also: 艴

勃	U+52C3, 勃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52C3

← 勂
[U+52C2]

CJK Unified Ideographs

勄 →
[U+52C4]

Translingual

Han character

勃 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十木大尸 (JDKS), four-corner 4442₇, composition ⿰孛力)

Derived characters

𠷺, 𡍧, 𭚺, 𰑰, 渤, 𤊹, 𦂿, 𮛱, 葧, 愂, 𭵉

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 147, character 27
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2351
Dae Jaweon: page 332, character 8
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 370, character 15
Unihan data for U+52C3

Chinese

simp. and trad.		勃
2nd round simp.		孛
alternative forms		㪍㔜𠃱孛渤㪍㔜𠃱孛渤茀

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 勃
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
誖	pɯːds, bɯːds, *bɯːd
悖	bɯːds, bɯːd
孛	bɯːds, bɯːd
哱	*pʰɯːd
馞	pʰɯːd, bɯːd
勃	*bɯːd
餑	*bɯːd
郣	*bɯːd
浡	*bɯːd
桲	*bɯːd
挬	*bɯːd
脖	*bɯːd
鵓	*bɯːd
渤	*bɯːd
綍	*pɯd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *bɯːd): phonetic 孛 (OC *bɯːds, *bɯːd, “power”) + semantic 力.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): bó (bo²)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bo²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): but⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): bot⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): phut

(Meixian, Guangdong): pud⁶
Jin (Wiktionary): beh⁵
Northern Min (KCR): bŏ̤
Eastern Min (BUC): buŏk
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pu̍t

(Teochew, Peng'im): buag⁸ / buêg⁸
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸beq
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): pu⁶

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/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: bo²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bo
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /po²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: but⁶
  - Yale: buht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: but⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bud⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːt̚²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: bot⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pᵘɔt̚³²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phut
  - Hakka Romanization System: pud^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pud⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰut̚²/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: pud⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰut̚⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: beh⁵
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /pəʔ⁵⁴/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bŏ̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔ²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: buŏk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puoʔ⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pu̍t
  - Tâi-lô: pu̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: put
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /put̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: buag⁸ / buêg⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pua̍k / pue̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puak̚⁴/, /puek̚⁴/

Note: buêg8 - Chaozhou.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸beq
  - MiniDict: beh^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵beq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bəʔ¹²/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: pu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu²⁴/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 勃
Mandarin	Beijing	/po³⁵/
	Harbin	/pɤ⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/po⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/pə²¹³/
	Qingdao	/pə⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/po²⁴/
	Xi'an	/po²¹/
	Xining	/pʰɔ⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/puə¹³/
	Lanzhou	/pə⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/pɤ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/pʰu²¹³/
	Chengdu	/po³¹/
	Guiyang	/pʰo²¹/
	Kunming	/pʰu³¹/
	Nanjing	/poʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/pʰəʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/pəʔ⁵⁴/
	Pingyao	/pʌʔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/pəʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/bəʔ¹/
	Suzhou	/bəʔ³/
	Hangzhou	/bəʔ²/
	Wenzhou	/bø²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/pʰɔʔ²¹/
Hui	Tunxi	/po⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/pʰu²⁴/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/pʰu²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/pʰut̚⁵/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/pʰut̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/put̚²/
	Nanning	/put̚²²/
	Hong Kong	/put̚²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/put̚⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/puoʔ⁵/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/pɔ²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/puak̚⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/fut̚⁵/

Middle Chinese: bwot

Rime
Character	勃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	沒 (56)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蒲没切
Baxter	bwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buət̚/
Pan Wuyun	/buot̚/
Shao Rongfen	/buət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bwət̚/
Li Rong	/buət̚/
Wang Li	/buət̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱuət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	but⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤut/

(Zhengzhang): /*bɯːd/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	勃
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bó
Middle Chinese	‹ bwot ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ˁut/
English	confused
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	勃
Reading #	1/1
No.	974
Phonetic component	孛
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*bɯːd/

Definitions

勃

Compounds

勃勃 (bóbó)
勃喇喇
勃如
勃律 (Bólǜ)
勃朗峰 (Bólǎng Fēng)
勃朗特
勃朗運動 / 勃朗运动 (Bólǎng yùndòng)
勃極烈 / 勃极烈
勃浪鼓
勃滃
勃然 (bórán)
勃然作色
勃然大怒 (bórándànù)
勃然色變 / 勃然色变
勃然變色 / 勃然变色
勃發 / 勃发 (bófā)
勃窣
勃興 / 勃兴 (bóxīng)
勃谿
勃起 (bóqǐ)
勃起功能障礙 / 勃起功能障碍 (bóqǐ gōngnéng zhàng'ài)
勃露斯
勃騰 / 勃腾
勃騰騰 / 勃腾腾
勃鬱 / 勃郁
咆勃
噴勃 / 喷勃
婦姑勃谿 / 妇姑勃谿
朝氣勃勃 / 朝气勃勃 (zhāoqìbóbó)
朝氣蓬勃 / 朝气蓬勃 (zhāoqìpéngbó)
氣勃勃 / 气勃勃
激勃素
牛溲馬勃 / 牛溲马勃
生機勃勃 / 生机勃勃 (shēngjībóbó)
生氣勃勃 / 生气勃勃 (shēngqìbóbó)
生氣蓬勃 / 生气蓬勃 (shēngqìpéngbó)
興致勃勃 / 兴致勃勃 (xìngzhìbóbó)
興致勃發 / 兴致勃发
苾勃 (bìbó)
英氣勃勃 / 英气勃勃
蓊勃
蓬勃 (péngbó)
蓬蓬勃勃 (péngpéngbóbó)
野心勃勃 (yěxīnbóbó)
阿勃勒
雄心勃勃 (xióngxīnbóbó)
馬勃 / 马勃 (mǎbó)
馬勃牛溲 / 马勃牛溲
鬱勃 / 郁勃 (yùbó)

Japanese

Kanji

勃

(Jōyō kanji)

suddenness, something that happens suddenly
rise
short for 勃牙利 (Burugaria, “Bulgaria”)

Readings

Go-on: ぼち (bochi)^{←ぼち (boti, historical)}
Kan-on: ほつ (hotsu)^{←ほつ (fotu, historical)}
Kan’yō-on: ぼつ (botsu, Jōyō)
Kun: おこる (okoru, 勃る)、たつ (tatsu, 勃つ)、にわかに (niwakani, 勃かに)
Nanori: ひら (hira)、ひろ (hiro)

Compounds

勃(ぼつ)鬱(うつ) (botsūtsu)
勃(ぼつ)焉(えん) (botsuen)
勃(ぼっ)海(かい) (bokkai)
勃(ぼっ)起(き) (bokki)
勃(ぼっ)興(こう) (bokkō)
勃(ぼつ)爾(じ) (botsuji)
勃(ぼつ)如(じょ) (botsujo) (孛(ぼつ)如(じょ))
勃(ぼっ)振(しん) (bosshin)
勃(ぼつ)然(ぜん) (botsuzen)
勃(ぼっ)窣(そつ) (bossotsu)
勃(ぼっ)発(ぱつ) (boppatsu)
勃(ぼつ)勃(ぼつ) (botsubotsu)
勃(ぼつ)乱(らん) (botsuran)
鬱(うつ)勃(ぼつ) (utsubotsu)
王(おう)勃(ぼつ) (ōbotsu)
蓊(おう)勃(ぼつ) (ōbotsu)
蓬(ほう)勃(ぼつ) (hōbotsu)

Korean

Hanja

勃 (eumhun 노할 발 (nohal bal))

hanja form^? of 발 (“rise”)

Compounds

발발 (勃發, balbal, “breaking out suddenly”)
발기 (勃起, balgi)

Vietnamese

Han character

勃: Hán Nôm readings: bột

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