# 搏

| 搏 | U+640F, &#25615; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-640F |
| ← 搎 [U+640E] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 搐 → [U+6410] |

## Translingual
### Han character

搏 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手戈月戈 (QIBI), four-corner 5304$_2$, composition ⿰扌尃)
* seize
* spring upon
* strike

#### Derived characters

* 𥴮

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 446, character 14
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12466
* Dae Jaweon: page 796, character 34
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1930, character 1
* Unihan data for U+640F

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 豧 | *pʰoːs, *pʰa, *pʰas |
| 縛 | *baːɡs, *baɡ |
| 逋 | *paː |
| 餔 | *paː, *baːs |
| 晡 | *paː |
| 庯 | *paː |
| 陠 | *paː, *pʰaː |
| 鵏 | *paː, *baːs |
| 峬 | *paː |
| 誧 | *paː, *pʰaː, *pʰaːʔ, *pʰaːs |
| 秿 | *paː, *pʰa, *baʔ |
| 鯆 | *paː, *pʰaː, *paʔ |
| 補 | *paːʔ |
| 圃 | *paːʔ, *paːs |
| 鋪 | *pʰaː, *pʰaːs, *pʰa |
| 痡 | *pʰaː, *pʰa |
| 浦 | *pʰaːʔ |
| 烳 | *pʰaːʔ |
| 溥 | *pʰaːʔ, *paːɡ |
| 悑 | *pʰaːs |
| 酺 | *baː |
| 匍 | *baː |
| 蜅 | *baː, *paʔ |
| 脯 | *baː, *paʔ |
| 葡 | *baː |
| 蒱 | *baː |
| 蒲 | *baː |
| 簿 | *baːʔ, *baːɡ |
| 捕 | *baːs |
| 哺 | *baːs |
| 簠 | *pa, *paʔ, *pʰas |
| 甫 | *paʔ |
| 黼 | *paʔ |
| 莆 | *paʔ |
| 俌 | *paʔ, *pʰaʔ |
| 郙 | *paʔ, *pʰa |
| 傅 | *paɡs |
| 搏 | *paɡs, *paːɡ, *pʰaːɡ |
| 麱 | *pʰa |
| 尃 | *pʰa |
| 榑 | *ba |
| 輔 | *baʔ |
| 鬴 | *baʔ |
| 賻 | *baɡs |
| 博 | *paːɡ |
| 髆 | *paːɡ |
| 鎛 | *paːɡ |
| 猼 | *paːɡ |
| 餺 | *paːɡ |
| 簙 | *paːɡ |
| 鑮 | *paːɡ, *baːɡ |
| 欂 | *paːɡ, *baɡ, *breːɡ |
| 蒪 | *pʰaːɡ |
| 膊 | *pʰaːɡ |
| 薄 | *baːɡ |
| 礡 | *baːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *paɡs, *paːɡ, *pʰaːɡ) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 尃 (OC *pʰa).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bó (bo$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bok$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phok / pok
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bó
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bó
*** Wade–Giles: po$^2$
*** Yale: bwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor
*** Palladius: бо (bo)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu̯ɔ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bok$^3$
*** Yale: bok
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bok$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bog$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɔːk̚³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phok
*** Tâi-lô: phok
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phog
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔk̚⁵/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰɔk̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pok
*** Tâi-lô: pok
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pog
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔk̚⁵/
* Middle Chinese: pjuH, phak, pak
Rime :
| Character | 搏 | 搏 | 搏 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) | 滂 (2) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) | 鐸 (104) | 鐸 (104) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | I | I |
| Fanqie | 方遇切 | 匹各切 | 補各切 |
| Baxter | pjuH | phak | pak |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pɨo$^H$/ | /pʰwɑk̚/ | /pwɑk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pio$^H$/ | /pʰʷɑk̚/ | /pʷɑk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pio$^H$/ | /pʰuɑk̚/ | /puɑk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /puə̆$^H$/ | /pʰwak̚/ | /pwak̚/ |
| Li Rong | /pio$^H$/ | /pʰuɑk̚/ | /puɑk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /pĭu$^H$/ | /pʰuɑk̚/ | /puɑk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pi̯u$^H$/ | /pʰwɑk̚/ | /pwɑk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fù | po | bo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fu$^3$ | pok$^3$ | bok$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤak/, /*p(r)ak-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*paɡs/, /*paːɡ/, /*pʰaːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 搏 | 搏 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bó | bó |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pak › | ‹ pju$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*pˁak/ | /*p(r)ak-s/ |
| English | strike | strike |
| 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 | 搏 | 搏 | 搏 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 3458 | 3475 | 3486 |
| Phonetic component | 甫 | 甫 | 甫 |
| Rime group | 暮 | 鐸 | 鐸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 付 | 博 | 𩔈 |
| Old Chinese | /*paɡs/ | /*paːɡ/ | /*pʰaːɡ/ |

### Definitions

搏
* to come to blows
* to beat; to pulsate; to throb
* to struggle; to wrestle; to work hard; to strive
* to suddenly attack; to give a surprise attack; to pounce
* to pillage; to plunder; to take away by force; to snatch; to wrest; to seize
* to arrest; to apprehend

#### Synonyms

* (to come to blows): 對打／对打 (duìdǎ)
* (to beat): 跳動／跳动 (tiàodòng)
* (to struggle):
* 一力 (yīlì)
* 下力 (xiàlì)
* 不遺餘力／不遗余力 (bùyíyúlì)
* 僶俛／𠊟俯 (mǐnmiǎn) (literary)
* 儘力／尽力 (jǐnlì) (archaic)
* 全力以赴 (quánlìyǐfù)
* 出力 (chūlì)
* 力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
* 力圖／力图 (lìtú)
* 力求 (lìqiú)
* 力爭／力争 (lìzhēng)
* 加勁／加劲 (jiājìn)
* 努力 (nǔlì)
* 勉力 (miǎnlì)
* 呵嘶呵嘶 (o$^4$ sr$^1$ o$^4$ sr$^1$) (Xiang)
* 強力／强力 (qiánglì) (literary)
* 悉力 (xīlì) (literary)
* 打拼 (dǎpīn)
* 拍拚 (Hokkien, Teochew)
* 拍灘／拍滩 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 拼搏 (pīnbó)
* 摔拍 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 攢勁／攒劲 (zan$^3$ jin$^4$) (Xiang)
* 極力／极力 (jílì)
* 殫力／殚力 (dānlì)
* 用力 (yònglì)
* 盡力／尽力 (jìnlì)
* 竭力 (jiélì)
* 竭盡全力／竭尽全力 (jiéjìnquánlì)
* 落力 (lok$^6$ lik$^6$) (Cantonese, Pinghua, Hakka, Pinghua, Hokkien, Pinghua, Teochew, Pinghua, Wenzhounese, Pinghua)
* 賣力／卖力 (màilì)
* 賣力氣／卖力气 (mài lìqi)
* (to suddenly attack): 突襲／突袭 (tūxí)
* (to pillage):
* 削 (literary, or in compounds)
* 剽取 (piàoqǔ)
* 劫掠 (jiélüè)
* 強奪／强夺 (qiángduó)
* 掠取 (lüèqǔ)
* 掠奪／掠夺 (lüèduó)
* 搶奪／抢夺 (qiǎngduó)
* 擄掠／掳掠 (lǔlüè)
* 攫奪／攫夺 (juéduó) (literary)
* 洗劫 (xǐjié)
* (to arrest):
* 俘獲／俘获 (fúhuò)
* 俘虜／俘虏 (fúlǔ)
* 囚俘 (qiúfú) (literary)
* 抓 (zhuā)
* 抓獲／抓获 (zhuāhuò)
* 拘捕 (jūbǔ)
* 拿獲／拿获 (náhuò)
* 捉 (zhuō)
* 捉拿 (zhuōná)
* 捕捉 (bǔzhuō)
* 捕獲／捕获 (bǔhuò)
* 搜捕 (sōubǔ)
* 擒拿 (qínná)
* 擒獲／擒获 (qínhuò)
* 攝／摄 (literary, or in compounds)
* 查獲／查获 (cháhuò)
* 緝拿／缉拿 (jīná)
* 緝捕／缉捕 (jībǔ)
* 緝獲／缉获 (qìhuò) (literary)
* 被捕 (bèibǔ) (to be arrested)
* 被逮 (bèidǎi) (to be arrested)
* 訪拿／访拿 (fǎngná) (literary)
* 訪緝／访缉 (fǎngjī) (literary)
* 跴緝／跴缉 (cǎijī) (literary)
* 踩緝／踩缉 (cǎijī) (literary)
* 巡捕 (xúnbǔ)
* 追拿 (zhuīná)
* 追捕 (zhuībǔ)
* 追擊／追击 (zhuījī) (to pursue and attack)
* 追索 (zhuīsuǒ) (literary)
* 追緝／追缉 (zhuījī)
* 逮捕

#### Compounds

* 弄鬼搏沙
* 徒搏
* 心搏 (xīnbó)
* 搏動／搏动 (bódòng)
* 搏命 (bómìng)
* 搏影
* 搏戰／搏战 (bózhàn)
* 搏手
* 搏手無策／搏手无策
* 搏拊 (bófǔ)
* 搏擊／搏击 (bójī)
* 搏杖
* 搏殺／搏杀 (bóshā)
* 搏煉／搏炼
* 搏砂煉汞／搏砂炼汞
* 搏膺
* 搏風／搏风
* 搏香弄粉
* 搏髀
* 搏鬥／搏斗 (bódòu)
* 放手一搏 (fàngshǒuyībó)
* 獅子搏兔／狮子搏兔
* 相搏
* 肉搏 (ròubó)
* 肉搏戰／肉搏战 (ròubózhàn)
* 脈搏／脉搏 (màibó)
* 螳螂搏蟬／螳螂搏蝉

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* seize
* spring upon
* strike

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): はく (haku)
* Kun: うつ (utsu, 搏つ)、とる (toru, 搏る)

## Korean
### Etymology 1
#### Hanja

搏 (eumhun 두드릴 박 (dudeuril bak))
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### Etymology 2
#### Hanja

搏 (eumhun 어깨 박 (eokkae bak))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

搏: Hán Nôm readings: vác, bác
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