# 哺

| 哺 | U+54FA, &#21754; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54FA |
| ← 哹 [U+54F9] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 哻 → [U+54FB] |

## Translingual
### Han character

哺 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 口戈十月 (RIJB), four-corner 6302$_7$, composition ⿰口甫)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 191, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3676
* Dae Jaweon: page 410, character 24
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 626, character 7
* Unihan data for U+54FA

## 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 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bǔ, pǔ, bù (bu$^3$, pu$^3$, bu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˇ, ㄆㄨˇ, ㄅㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bou$^6$ / bou$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): biō̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pō͘ / pǒ͘ / pó͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bu$^6$ / bou$^7$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bǔ
*** Wade–Giles: pu$^3$
*** Yale: bǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buu
*** Palladius: бу (bu)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pǔ
*** Wade–Giles: pʻu$^3$
*** Yale: pǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: puu
*** Palladius: пу (pu)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰu²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bù
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bù
*** Wade–Giles: pu$^4$
*** Yale: bù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buh
*** Palladius: бу (bu)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bou$^6$ / bou$^1$
*** Yale: bouh / bōu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bou$^6$ / bou$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bou$^6$ / bou$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pou̯²²/, /pou̯⁵⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: biō̤
*** Sinological IPA : /piɔ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Sanxia, Yilan, Tainan, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō͘
*** Tâi-lô: pōo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: po
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /pɔ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Yilan, Tainan): /pɔ³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kinmen): /pɔ²²/
** (Hokkien: Lukang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pǒ͘
*** Tâi-lô: pǒo
*** IPA (Lukang): /pɔ³³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó͘
*** Tâi-lô: póo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: por
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bu$^6$ / bou$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pŭ / pōu
*** Sinological IPA : /pu³⁵/, /pou¹¹/
* bu6 - literary;
* bou7 - vernacular ("to chew").
* Middle Chinese: buH
Rime :
| Character | 哺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 薄故切 |
| Baxter | buH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /buo$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /buo$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bo$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bɔ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /bo$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /bu$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱuo$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bou$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤa-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*baːs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 哺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bǔ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bu$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[b]ˁa-s/ |
| English | food held in the mouth |
| 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 | 哺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3444 |
| Phonetic component | 甫 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 捕 |
| Old Chinese | /*baːs/ |

### Definitions

哺
* (literary, of birds) to feed (with food in the mouth)
* to feed; to nurse
* (literary) food being chewed in the mouth
    From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
    Fū Hèxūshì zhī shí, mín jū bùzhī suǒ wéi, xíng bùzhī suǒ zhī, hánbǔ ér xī, gǔfù ér yóu, mín néng yǐ cǐ yǐ. [Pinyin]
    In the time of (the Di) He-xu, the people occupied their dwellings without knowing what they were doing, and walked out without knowing where they were going. They filled their mouths with food and were glad; they slapped their stomachs to express their satisfaction. This was all the ability which they possessed.
* (literary) to eat
* (Northern Min, Southern Min) to chew

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 咀嚼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 嚼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 嚼 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 嚼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 嚼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 嚼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 嚼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 嚼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 噍 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 噍 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 噍 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 唵 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 噍 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 噍 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 咬, 喃 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 哺 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 嚼 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 哺 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 哺 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 哺 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 哺 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 哺, 嗕 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 哺 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 哺, 嗕 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 哺 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 哺 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 哺 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 哺 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 哺 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 哺 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 咬 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 哺 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 哺 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 哺 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 哺 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 哺 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 哺 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 哺 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 哺 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 嚼 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 嚼 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 嚼, 噍 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 嚼 |

### Compounds

* 乳哺 (rǔbǔ)
* 反哺 (fǎnbǔ)
* 吐哺
* 吐哺待賢／吐哺待贤
* 吐哺捉髮／吐哺捉发
* 吐哺握髮／吐哺握发
* 含哺鼓腹
* 周公吐哺
* 咽哺
* 哺乳 (bǔrǔ)
* 哺乳動物／哺乳动物 (bǔrǔ dòngwù)
* 哺乳器
* 哺乳綱／哺乳纲 (bǔrǔgāng)
* 哺乳類／哺乳类 (bǔrǔlèi)
* 哺坊
* 哺育 (bǔyù)
* 哺育袋
* 哺雞／哺鸡
* 哺食
* 哺養／哺养 (bǔyǎng)
* 哺鷇／哺𬆮
* 嗷嗷待哺 (áo'áodàibǔ)
* 慈烏反哺／慈乌反哺
* 慈烏返哺／慈乌返哺
* 握髮吐哺／握发吐哺 (wòfàtǔbǔ)
* 撮哺
* 烏哺／乌哺
* 輟食吐哺／辍食吐哺
* 返哺 (fǎnbǔ)
* 鼓腹含哺

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ぶ (bu)
* Kan-on: ほ (ho, Jōyō)
* Kun: ふくむ (fukumu, 哺む)、はぐくむ (hagukumu, 哺む)

## Korean
### Hanja

哺 • (po) (hangeul 포, revised po, McCune–Reischauer p'o)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

哺: Hán Nôm readings: bộ, phô, bô, bu, bú, bụ, pho, phò
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