# 佈

| 佈 | U+4F48, &#20296; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F48 |
| ← 佇 [U+4F47] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 佉 → [U+4F49] |

## Translingual
### Han character

佈 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人大中月 (OKLB), four-corner 2422$_7$, composition ⿰亻布)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 98, character 1
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 497
* Dae Jaweon: page 206, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 131, character 3
* Unihan data for U+4F48

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 佈
* Transcribed ancient scriptsL35990L35991
* References:
* Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
* Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
* Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
* Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
* Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
| | Old Chinese |
| 抪 | *paː, *paːs |
| 布 | *paːs |
| 佈 | *paːs |
| 怖 | *pʰaːs |
| 斧 | *paʔ |
| 父 | *paʔ, *baʔ |
| 蚥 | *paʔ, *baʔ |
| 滏 | *baʔ |
| 釜 | *baʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *paːs) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 布 (OC *paːs).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): bù (bu$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bu$^4$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bou$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pò͘
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bù
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bù
*** Wade–Giles: pu$^4$
*** Yale: bù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buh
*** Palladius: бу (bu)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: bu$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bu
*** Sinological IPA : /pu²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bou$^3$
*** Yale: bou
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bou$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bou$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pou̯³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò͘
*** Tâi-lô: pòo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pox
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pɔ²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pɔ¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ²¹/
* Middle Chinese: puH
Rime :
| Character | 佈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 愽故切 |
| Baxter | puH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /puo$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /puo$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /po$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pɔ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /po$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /pu$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /puo$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bou$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*paːs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 佈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3496 |
| Phonetic component | 父 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | |
| Old Chinese | /*paːs/ |

### Definitions

佈
* to announce; to proclaim
    宣佈／宣布 ― xuānbù ― to declare, to proclaim, to announce
* to spread
    遍佈／遍布 ― biànbù ― to be found everywhere, to be spread all over
* to arrange
    佈兵／布兵 ― bùbīng ― to deploy troops

### Compounds

* 佈劃／布划
* 佈擺／布摆
* 佈散／布散
* 佈施／布施 (bùshī)
* 佈景／布景 (bùjǐng)
* 佈菜／布菜
* 佈讓／布让
* 佈陣安營／布阵安营
* 擺佈／摆布 (bǎibù)
* 歪擺佈／歪摆布
* 沒做擺佈／没做摆布
* 沒擺佈處／没摆布处

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ほ (ho)、ふ (fu)
* Kun: あまねし (amaneshi)

## Korean
### Hanja

佈 (eum 포 (po))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

佈: Hán Việt readings: bố (博(bác)故(cố)切(thiết))
佈: Nôm readings: bố, bô
* father, daddy, dad

### References

* 1 2 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
* 1 2 Trần (2004).

## Zhuang
### Noun

佈
* Sawndip form of boh

### Classifier

佈
* Sawndip form of boux