# 孚

| 孚 | U+5B5A, &#23386; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B5A |
| ← 孙 [U+5B59] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 孛 → [U+5B5B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

孚 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 月弓木 (BND), four-corner 2040$_7$, composition ⿱爫子)

#### Derived characters

乳 俘 浮 郛 桴 稃 殍 蜉 艀 孵 烰

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 278, character 6
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6948
* Dae Jaweon: page 545, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1012, character 6
* Unihan data for U+5B5A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 孚 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Spring and Autumn | Warring States | Warring States | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Qin slip script | Ancient script | Small seal script |
| | Old Chinese |
| 殍 | *brɯwʔ, *browʔ, *pʰuw |
| 脬 | *pʰruː |
| 捊 | *bruː, *buw |
| 莩 | *browʔ, *pʰuw |
| 哹 | *pu, *bu |
| 浮 | *bu |
| 蜉 | *bu |
| 桴 | *bu, *pʰuw |
| 罦 | *bu, *pʰuw |
| 琈 | *bu |
| 粰 | *bu |
| 烰 | *bu |
| 艀 | *bu |
| 俘 | *pʰuw |
| 孚 | *pʰuw |
| 孵 | *pʰuw |
| 稃 | *pʰuw |
| 郛 | *pʰuw |
| 筟 | *pʰuw |
Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 爪 (“hand”) + 子 (“child”) – to capture a child. The original form of 俘.

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fū (fu$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fu$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fū
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fu
*** Wade–Giles: fu$^1$
*** Yale: fū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fu
*** Palladius: фу (fu)
*** Sinological IPA : /fu⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fu$^1$
*** Yale: fū
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fuː⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: phju
Rime :
| Character | 孚 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 芳無切 |
| Baxter | phju |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰɨo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰio/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰio/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰuə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰio/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰĭu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pʰi̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fū |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fu$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*pʰuw/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 孚 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3356 |
| Phonetic component | 孚 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 敷 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰuw/ |

##### Definitions

孚
* Original character of 俘 (fú)
* Original character of 蜉 (fú)
* Alternative form of 孵 (fū)
* Alternative form of 稃 (fū)

#### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fú (fu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fu$^1$
* Mandarin
** (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/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fu$^1$
*** Yale: fū
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fuː⁵⁵/

##### Definitions

孚
* (literary) to convince; to gain trust
    深孚眾望／深孚众望 ― shēnfúzhòngwàng ― to enjoy great popularity
    From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
    Xiǎoxìn wèi fú, shén fú fú yě. [Pinyin]
    Such paltry faith wins no trust. The gods will not bless you.
* (literary) trust; confidence
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Chéng wáng zhī fú, xiàtǔ zhī shì. [Pinyin]
    He secured the confidence due to a king, And became the pattern of all below him.
* (used in oracle bone) Alternative form of 俘 (fú)
* Alternative form of 浮 (fú)
* Alternative form of 莩
* Alternative form of 付 (fù)

##### Compounds

* 中孚 (zhōngfú)
* 孚乳
* 孚佑
* 孚眾望／孚众望
* 情孚意合
* 簡孚／简孚
* 美孚油
* 美孚燈／美孚灯
* 阮孚蠟屐／阮孚蜡屐

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 孚 – see 孵 (“to sit on eggs; to hatch; to incubate”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 孵).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* sincere; nourish

#### Readings

* Go-on: ふ (fu)
* Kan-on: ふ (fu)
* Kun: たまご (tamago, 孚)、はぐくむ (hagukumu, 孚む)
* Nanori: たか (taka)、とおる (tōru)、まこと (makoto)、まさ (masa)

## Korean
### Hanja

孚 (eum 부 (bu))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

孚: Hán Nôm readings: phu, phù
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