礴

礴	U+7934, 礴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7934

← 礳
[U+7933]

CJK Unified Ideographs

礵 →
[U+7935]

Translingual

Han character

礴 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+16, 21 strokes, cangjie input 一口廿水戈 (MRTEI), composition ⿰石薄)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 839, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24597
Dae Jaweon: page 1256, character 10
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2464, character 3
Unihan data for U+7934

Chinese

trad.		礴
simp. ^#		礴
alternative forms		礡

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bó (bo²)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bok³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): po̍k

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: bok³
  - Yale: bok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: bog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍k
  - Tâi-lô: po̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔk̚¹²¹/

Middle Chinese: bak

Rime
Character	礴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	鐸 (104)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	傍各切
Baxter	bak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bwɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/buɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bwak̚/
Li Rong	/buɑk̚/
Wang Li	/buɑk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱwɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bok⁶

Definitions

礴

used in 磅礴 (pángbó, “boundless; majestic”)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of waves) to pound; to strike

Compounds

大氣磅礴 / 大气磅礴
旁礴 (pángbó)
槃礴
氣勢磅礴 / 气势磅礴 (qìshìpángbó)
盤礴 / 盘礴
磐礴
磅礴 (pángbó)
般礴

Japanese

Kanji

礴

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): はく (haku)、ばく (baku)
Kun: まじる (majiru)