婄

婄	U+5A44, 婄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A44

← 婃
[U+5A43]

CJK Unified Ideographs

婅 →
[U+5A45]

Translingual

Han character

婄 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女卜廿口 (VYTR), four-corner 4046₁, composition ⿰女咅)

(Cantonese) soft, weak
to soak
unreliable

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 264, character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6388
Dae Jaweon: page 530, character 25
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1061, character 1
Unihan data for U+5A44

Chinese

trad.		婄
simp. ^#		婄

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
蓓	bɯːʔ, bɯːʔ
倍	*bɯːʔ
菩	bɯːʔ, bɯʔ, bɯː, bɯːɡ
掊	bruː, poːʔ, bɯ, bɯ
剖	pʰoːʔ, pʰoʔ
婄	pʰɯʔ, bɯʔ, *bɯː
踣	pʰɯs, bɯːɡ
箁	*bɯ
咅	pʰɯʔ, pʰl'oːs
部	boːʔ, boːʔ, boːʔ, boːʔ
培	boːʔ, bɯː
犃	*boːʔ
瓿	boːʔ, bɯ, *bo
殕	pɯʔ, pʰoʔ, *qɯːɡ
醅	pʰɯ, pʰɯː
棓	bɯ, broːŋʔ, *bɯː
涪	*bɯ
賠	*bɯː
陪	*bɯː
毰	*bɯː
焙	*bɯːs

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pǒu (pou³)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pau³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pǒu
  - Wade–Giles: pʻou³
  - Yale: pǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: poou
  - Palladius: поу (pou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰoʊ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: pau³
  - Yale: pau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: peo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɐu̯³³/

Middle Chinese: bwoj, buwX, phuwX

Rime
Character	婄	婄	婄
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	並 (3)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	侯 (137)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	薄回切	蒲口切	普后切
Baxter	bwoj	buwX	phuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buʌi/	/bəu^X/	/pʰəu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/buoi/	/bəu^X/	/pʰəu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/buɒi/	/bəu^X/	/pʰəu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bwəj/	/bəw^X/	/pʰəw^X/
Li Rong	/buᴀi/	/bu^X/	/pʰu^X/
Wang Li	/buɒi/	/bəu^X/	/pʰəu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱuɑ̆i/	/bʱə̯u^X/	/pʰə̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	péi	bòu	pǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pui⁴	bau⁶	pau²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*pʰɯʔ/, /*bɯʔ/, /*bɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	婄	婄	婄
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	9842	9851	9867
Phonetic component	咅	咅	咅
Rime group	侯	侯	之
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	剖	部	裴
Old Chinese	/*pʰɯʔ/	/*bɯʔ/	/*bɯː/

Definitions

婄

Japanese

Kanji

婄

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): ほう (hō)、ぶ (bu)、ばい (bai)
Kun: おろか (oroka)、みにくい (minikui)