潑

See also: 泼 and 溌

潑	U+6F51, 潑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F51

← 潐
[U+6F50]

CJK Unified Ideographs

潒 →
[U+6F52]

Translingual

Traditional	潑
Shinjitai (extended)	溌
Simplified	泼

Han character

潑 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 水弓人水 (ENOE), four-corner 3214₇, composition ⿰氵發)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 648, character 34
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18225
Dae Jaweon: page 1058, character 18
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1750, character 7
Unihan data for U+6F51

Chinese

trad.		潑
simp.		泼
alternative forms		𣸍

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
廢	*pads
癈	*pads
橃	pads, bad
撥	*paːd
鱍	paːd, pʰaːd
襏	*paːd
驋	*paːd
鏺	*pʰaːd
潑	*pʰaːd
醱	*pʰaːd

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pō (po¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): put³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): phat

(Meixian, Guangdong): pad⁵
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): pua⁶ / puah⁶ / puoh⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phoah / phoat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pō
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: po
  - Wade–Giles: pʻo¹
  - Yale: pwō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: po
  - Palladius: по (po)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: put³
  - Yale: put
  - Cantonese Pinyin: put⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: pud³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːt̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phat
  - Hakka Romanization System: pad^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pad⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰat̚²/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: pad⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰat̚¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: pua⁶
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: puā
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰua¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: pua⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰua²¹/
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: puah⁶
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: puah
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuaʔ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: puoh⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuoʔ²/

Note:

pua5 - vernacular;
puah6/puoh6 - literary.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phoah / phoat
  - Tâi-lô: phuah / phuat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoaq, phoad
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰuaʔ³²/, /pʰuat̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰuaʔ⁵/, /pʰuat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰuaʔ³²/, /pʰuat̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰuaʔ³²/, /pʰuat̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰuaʔ³²/, /pʰuat̚³²/

Note:

phoah - vernacular (“to pour; to splatter; to fan; spell”);
phoat - literary.

Middle Chinese: phat

Rime
Character	潑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	末 (64)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	普活切
Baxter	phat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰuɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰuɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰwat̚/
Li Rong	/pʰuɑt̚/
Wang Li	/pʰuɑt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰuɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	po
Expected Cantonese Reflex	put³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*pʰaːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	潑
Reading #	1/1
No.	2837
Phonetic component	發
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	鏺
Old Chinese	/*pʰaːd/
Notes	廣韻從癹，集韻作此

Definitions

潑

to pour; to splash
to submerge; to drown
to brew (tea); to make (tea)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) wild and unreasonable
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) fierce and bold
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) bad; poor
(Hokkien, intransitive) to splatter; to splash
(Xiamen Hokkien) to fan
(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) Classifier for short periods of an event.
一潑雨／一泼雨 [Hokkien] ― chi̍t phoah hō͘ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― a brief spell of rain

Synonyms

(to brew): 撥／拨 (bō)
(fierce and bold): 凶悍 (xiōnghàn)

Compounds

天真活潑 / 天真活泼
如湯潑雪 / 如汤泼雪
性潑凶頑 / 性泼凶顽
惡言潑語 / 恶言泼语
打滾撒潑 / 打滚撒泼
撒潑 / 撒泼 (sāpō)
撒潑打滾 / 撒泼打滚
撒潑放刁 / 撒泼放刁
放乖潑 / 放乖泼
放刁撒潑 / 放刁撒泼
放潑 / 放泼
村潑 / 村泼
村聲潑嗓 / 村声泼嗓
活活潑潑 / 活活泼泼
活潑 / 活泼 (huópō)
漂潑 / 漂泼
潑丟潑養 / 泼丢泼养
潑做 / 泼做
潑冷水 / 泼冷水 (pō lěngshuǐ)
潑出膽子 / 泼出胆子
潑剌 / 泼剌
潑剌剌 / 泼剌剌
潑包婁 / 泼包娄
潑哭潑鬧 / 泼哭泼闹
潑天 / 泼天
潑天也似 / 泼天也似
潑天大膽 / 泼天大胆
潑婦 / 泼妇 (pōfù)
潑實 / 泼实
潑性命 / 泼性命
潑悍 / 泼悍
潑才 / 泼才
潑殘生 / 泼残生
潑毛團 / 泼毛团
潑毛神 / 泼毛神
潑水 / 泼水 (pōshuǐ)
潑水節 / 泼水节 (Pōshuǐjié)
潑水難收 / 泼水难收
潑油救火 / 泼油救火 (pōyóujiùhuǒ)
潑浪鼓 / 泼浪鼓
潑潑剌剌 / 泼泼剌剌
潑潑撒撒 / 泼泼撒撒
潑灑 / 泼洒
潑火 / 泼火
潑無徒 / 泼无徒
潑煙花 / 泼烟花
潑物 / 泼物
潑猴 / 泼猴
潑男女 / 泼男女
潑皮 / 泼皮 (pōpí)
潑皮無賴 / 泼皮无赖
潑皮貨 / 泼皮货
潑皮賴虎 / 泼皮赖虎
潑聲 / 泼声
潑聲浪嗓 / 泼声浪嗓
潑聲浪氣 / 泼声浪气
潑腳 / 泼脚
潑腳子貨 / 泼脚子货
潑花團 / 泼花团
潑言語 / 泼言语
潑說 / 泼说
潑賤 / 泼贱
潑賤人 / 泼贱人
潑賤煙花 / 泼贱烟花
潑賴 / 泼赖
潑賸飯 / 泼剩饭
潑辣 / 泼辣 (pōlà)
潑辣貨 / 泼辣货
潑醅 / 泼醅
潑醋 / 泼醋
潑雨 / 泼雨 (Hakka, Min Nan)
潑風刀 / 泼风刀
潑髒水 / 泼脏水 (pō zāng shuǐ)
潑魔 / 泼魔
潑墨 / 泼墨
潑墨人物 / 泼墨人物
潑墨山水 / 泼墨山水
灑潑 / 洒泼
瓢潑 / 瓢泼 (piáopō)
窮身潑命 / 穷身泼命
風潑 / 风泼
馬前潑水 / 马前泼水

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bō (bo¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bō
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bo
  - Wade–Giles: po¹
  - Yale: bwō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bo
  - Palladius: бо (bo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

Definitions

潑

only used in 潑潑／泼泼 (bōbō, “wiggling of fish's tail”)

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	溌
Print standard	潑

Kanji

潑

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 溌)

Readings

Go-on: はち (hachi)^{←はち (fati, historical)}
Kan-on: はつ (hatsu)^{←はつ (fatu, historical)}
Kun: そそぐ (sosogu, 潑ぐ)、はねる (haneru, 潑ねる)

Usage notes

In modern Japanese, 潑 is mostly replaced by 発, due to the deprecation of non-tōyō kanji caused by the Japanese script reform.

Japanese terms with 潑 replaced by daiyōji 発

活発

Compounds

潑(はっ)皮(ぴ) (happi)
潑(はつ)墨(ぼく) (hatsuboku)
潑(はつ)剌(らつ), 潑(はつ)溂(らつ) (hatsuratsu)
活(かっ)潑(ぱつ) (kappatsu)

Korean

Hanja

潑 (eumhun 물뿌릴 발 (mulppuril bal))

Vietnamese

Han character

潑: Hán Nôm readings: bát

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