樸

See also: 朴

樸	U+6A38, 樸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6A38

← 樷
[U+6A37]

CJK Unified Ideographs

樹 →
[U+6A39]

Translingual

Han character

樸 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 木廿金人 (DTCO), four-corner 4293₄, composition ⿰木菐)

Derived characters

𡃾, 𤒊

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 551, character 28
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15495
Dae Jaweon: page 940, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1291, character 4
Unihan data for U+6A38

Chinese

trad.		樸
simp.		朴^*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
樸	baː, pʰroːɡ, poːɡ, boːɡ
璞	*pʰroːɡ
墣	pʰroːɡ, pʰoːɡ
撲	broːɡ, pʰoːɡ
轐	poːɡ, buːɡ
獛	*poːɡ
蹼	*poːɡ
襆	poːɡ, boɡ
濮	*poːɡ
纀	*poːɡ
醭	*pʰoːɡ
僕	boːɡ, buːɡ
菐	boːɡ, puɡ
穙	*boːɡ
鏷	*buːɡ
幞	*boɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *baː, *pʰroːɡ, *poːɡ, *boːɡ): semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 菐 (OC *boːɡ, *puɡ).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pǔ, pú

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˇ, ㄆㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pok³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phoh / phok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pǔ
  - Wade–Giles: pʻu³
  - Yale: pǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: puu
  - Palladius: пу (pu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - 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: pok³
  - Yale: pok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: pog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːk̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phoh / phok
  - Tâi-lô: phoh / phok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoiq, phog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰoʔ³²/, /pʰɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰoʔ⁵/, /pʰɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰoʔ³²/, /pʰɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰoʔ³²/, /pʰɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤʔ³²/, /pʰɔk̚³²/

Note: phoh - vernacular, phok - literary.

Middle Chinese: phaewk

Rime
Character	樸
Reading #	4/4
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	匹角切
Baxter	phaewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/pʰɔk̚/
Wang Li	/pʰɔk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	po
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pok³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pʰˤrok/

(Zhengzhang): /*pʰroːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	樸
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ phæwk ›
Old Chinese	/*pʰˁrok/
English	unworked wood
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	樸
Reading #	2/4
No.	9881
Phonetic component	菐
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	璞
Old Chinese	/*pʰroːɡ/

Definitions

樸

simple; plain; rough; unpolished
sincere; honest

Compounds

儉樸 / 俭朴 (jiǎnpǔ)
反樸 / 反朴
古樸 / 古朴 (gǔpǔ)
抱樸 / 抱朴
拙樸 / 拙朴
抱素懷樸 / 抱素怀朴
敦樸 / 敦朴
斫雕為樸 / 斫雕为朴
斲琱為樸 / 斲雕为朴
斲雕為樸 / 斲雕为朴
樸厚 / 朴厚
樸學 / 朴学
樸實 / 朴实 (pǔshí)
樸實無華 / 朴实无华 (pǔshíwúhuá)
樸實頭 / 朴实头
樸拙 / 朴拙
樸父 / 朴父
樸直 / 朴直 (pǔzhí)
樸素 / 朴素 (pǔsù)
樸素無華 / 朴素无华
樸訥 / 朴讷
樸訥誠篤 / 朴讷诚笃
樸質 / 朴质 (pǔzhì)
樸質無華 / 朴质无华
樸鄙 / 朴鄙
樸重 / 朴重
樸野 / 朴野
樸鈍 / 朴钝
樸陋 / 朴陋
樸馬 / 朴马
樸魯 / 朴鲁
淳樸 / 淳朴 (chúnpǔ)
渾樸 / 浑朴 (húnpǔ)
渾樸自然 / 浑朴自然
簡樸 / 简朴 (jiǎnpǔ)
純樸 / 纯朴 (chúnpǔ)
誠樸 / 诚朴 (chéngpǔ)
質樸 / 质朴 (zhìpǔ)
還淳反樸 / 还淳反朴
還淳返樸 / 还淳返朴
郁樸

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pú (pu²)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): buk⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pho̍h

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/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pho̍h
  - Tâi-lô: pho̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoih
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰoʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰoʔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰoʔ¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰoʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤʔ⁴/

Middle Chinese: puwk

Rime
Character	樸
Reading #	3/4
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	屋 (3)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	博木切
Baxter	puwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/puk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/puk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/puk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pəwk̚/
Li Rong	/puk̚/
Wang Li	/puk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/puk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	buk¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*poːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	樸
Reading #	3/4
No.	9885
Phonetic component	菐
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	卜
Old Chinese	/*poːɡ/

Definitions

樸

(archaic) a kind of oak
(archaic) to stick; to adhere

Compounds

棫樸 / 棫朴
樸屬 / 朴属
樸桷 / 朴桷
樸椽 / 朴椽
樸樕 / 朴樕
樸遫 / 朴遫

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pú (pu²)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁴

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/

Middle Chinese: bu

Rime
Character	樸
Reading #	1/4
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
(Zhengzhang): /*baː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	樸
Reading #	1/4
No.	9879
Phonetic component	菐
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	酺
Old Chinese	/*baː/

Definitions

樸

only used in 樸𠟼／朴𠟼

Pronunciation 4

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bú (bu²)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): buk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bú
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bú
  - Wade–Giles: pu²
  - Yale: bú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bwu
  - Palladius: бу (bu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: buk⁶
  - Yale: buhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: buk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʊk̚²/

Middle Chinese: buwk

Rime
Character	樸
Reading #	2/4
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	樸
Reading #	4/4
No.	9894
Phonetic component	菐
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	暴
Old Chinese	/*boːɡ/

Definitions

樸

(historical dictionaries only) dense (of trees)

References

“Query for 樸”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Kanji

樸

(Hyōgai kanji)

unworked wood, bark of a tree
sincere, honest

Readings

Go-on: ほく (hoku)、ぼく (boku)
Kan-on: はく (haku)、ほく (hoku)
Kan’yō-on: ぼく (boku)
Kun: きじ (kiji)、あらき (araki)、すなお (sunao)
Nanori: しらき (shiraki)

Korean

Hanja

樸 • (bok, bak) (hangeul 복, 박, revised bok, bak, McCune–Reischauer pok, pak, Yale pok, pak)

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Vietnamese

Han character

樸: Hán Nôm readings: phác, bốc

sharpen, peel
rough, crude