# 芣

| 芣 | U+82A3, &#33443; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82A3 |
| ← 芢 [U+82A2] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 芤 → [U+82A4] |

## Translingual
### Han character

芣 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿一火 (TMF), four-corner 4490$_1$, composition ⿱艹不)

#### Derived characters

* 𠶙, 𢯒, 𣔟, 𥟼

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1019, character 26
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30710
* Dae Jaweon: page 1477, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3179, character 5
* Unihan data for U+82A3

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 肧 | *pʰlɯː, *pʰɯ, *pʰlɯː |
| 俖 | *pʰɯːʔ |
| 娝 | *prɯʔ |
| 痞 | *prɯʔ, *brɯʔ, *pɯʔ |
| 丕 | *pʰrɯ |
| 伾 | *pʰrɯ |
| 秠 | *pʰrɯ, *pʰrɯʔ, *pʰɯ, *pʰɯʔ |
| 駓 | *pʰrɯ |
| 怌 | *pʰrɯ |
| 豾 | *pʰrɯ |
| 髬 | *pʰrɯ |
| 魾 | *pʰrɯ, *brɯ |
| 鉟 | *pʰrɯ, *brɯ |
| 嚭 | *pʰrɯʔ |
| 邳 | *brɯ |
| 岯 | *brɯ |
| 否 | *brɯʔ, *pɯʔ |
| 抔 | *bɯ, *pʰlɯː |
| 不 | *pɯ, *pɯʔ, *pɯ' |
| 紑 | *pɯ, *pʰɯ, *pʰɯʔ |
| 鴀 | *pɯ, *pɯʔ |
| 衃 | *pʰɯ, *pʰlɯː |
| 罘 | *bɯ |
| 芣 | *bɯ |
| 杯 | *plɯː |
| 盃 | *plɯː |
| 桮 | *pɯː |
| 坯 | *pʰɯː |
| 胚 | *pʰɯː |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bɯ) : semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 不 (OC *pɯ, *pɯʔ, *pɯ').

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fú, fóu
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ, ㄈㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fau$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fú
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fú
*** Wade–Giles: fu$^2$
*** Yale: fú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwu
*** Palladius: фу (fu)
*** Sinological IPA : /fu³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fóu
*** Wade–Giles: fou$^2$
*** Yale: fóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: four
*** Palladius: фоу (fou)
*** Sinological IPA : /foʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fau$^4$
*** Yale: fàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: feo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɐu̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: bjuw
Rime :
| Character | 芣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 縛謀切 |
| Baxter | bjuw |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bɨu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /biu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /biəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /buw/ |
| Li Rong | /biu/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭəu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱi̯ə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fóu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fau$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*bɯ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 芣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1039 |
| Phonetic component | 不 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 浮 |
| Old Chinese | /*bɯ/ |

#### Definitions

芣
* Only used in 芣苢 and 芣苡 (fúyǐ).

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fǒu, fú, fóu (fou$^3$, fu$^2$, fou$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄡˇ, ㄈㄨˊ, ㄈㄡˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fǒu
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄡˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fǒu
*** Wade–Giles: fou$^3$
*** Yale: fǒu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: foou
*** Palladius: фоу (fou)
*** Sinological IPA : /foʊ̯²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fú
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fú
*** Wade–Giles: fu$^2$
*** Yale: fú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwu
*** Palladius: фу (fu)
*** Sinological IPA : /fu³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fóu
*** Wade–Giles: fou$^2$
*** Yale: fóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: four
*** Palladius: фоу (fou)
*** Sinological IPA : /foʊ̯³⁵/

#### Definitions

芣
* Only used in 芘芣 (pífú).

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B03797
* “芣”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* medicinal plantago

#### Readings

* Go-on: ふ (fu)
* Kan-on: ふう (fū)
* Kan’yō-on: ぶ (bu)
* Kun: さかん (sakan, 芣)

## Korean
### Hanja

芣 • (bu) (hangeul 부, revised bu, McCune–Reischauer pu, Yale pu)
* medicinal plantain

## Vietnamese
### Han character

芣: Hán Việt readings: phù
芣: Hán Nôm readings: búp, bút, bụp, phù
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation