# 幕府
## Chinese

* 幕府 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Mufu (English)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mùfǔ
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄈㄨˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mok$^6$ fu$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mùfǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄈㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mùfǔ
*** Wade–Giles: mu$^4$-fu$^3$
*** Yale: mù-fǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhfuu
*** Palladius: муфу (mufu)
*** Sinological IPA : /mu⁵¹ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mok$^6$ fu$^2$
*** Yale: mohk fú
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mok$^9$ fu$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mog$^6$ fu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɔːk̚² fuː³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: mak pjuX
Rime :
| Character | 幕 | 府 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 鐸 (103) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 慕各切 | 方矩切 |
| Baxter | mak | pjuX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mɑk̚/ | /pɨo$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mɑk̚/ | /pio$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mɑk̚/ | /pio$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /mak̚/ | /puə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /mɑk̚/ | /pio$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /mɑk̚/ | /pĭu$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /mɑk̚/ | /pi̯u$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mò | fǔ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mok$^6$ | fu$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤak p(r)oʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*maːɡ poʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 幕 | 府 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | mù | fǔ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ mak › | ‹ pju$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*mˁak/ | /*p(r)oʔ/ |
| English | covering | repository |
| 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 | 幕 | 府 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 9257 | 3511 |
| Phonetic component | 莫 | 付 |
| Rime group | 鐸 | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 莫 | 甫 |
| Old Chinese | /*maːɡ/ | /*poʔ/ |

### Noun

幕府
* (historical) office of a commanding officer in ancient China
* (historical) shogunate (administration of a shogun)

#### Derived terms

* 幕府時代／幕府时代
* 德川幕府 (Déchuān Mùfǔ)
* 江戶幕府／江户幕府 (Jiānghù Mùfǔ)
* 鐮倉幕府／镰仓幕府

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 幕 | 府 |
| ばく Grade: 6 | ふ Grade: 4 |
| kan'on ||

### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 幕府 (MC mak pjuX). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.
Originally referred to the tents or encampment of the commanders of a military force in the field. This then extended to refer to the command structure, and then to the form of government under a shōgun.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ばくふ [báꜜkùfù] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ba̠kɯ̟̊ɸɯ̟]
* Homophone: 瀑布

### Noun

幕(ばく)府(ふ) • (bakufu)
* (historical) shogunate (the government under a shogun)
* (historical) the tents or encampment of the commanders of a military force in the field

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 幕 | 府 |

### Noun

幕府 • (makbu) (hangeul 막부)
* hanja form of 막부 (“shogunate”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 幕 | 府 |

### Noun

幕府
* chữ Hán form of mạc phủ (“shogunate”).