# 馥

| 馥 | U+99A5, &#39333; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-99A5 |
| ← 馤 [U+99A4] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 馦 → [U+99A6] |

## Translingual
### Han character

馥 (Kangxi radical 186, 香+9, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹日人日水 (HAOAE), four-corner 2864$_7$, composition ⿰香复)

#### Derived characters

* 𧄦

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1429, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44545
* Dae Jaweon: page 1956, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4424, character 21
* Unihan data for U+99A5

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 馥 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 愎 | *brɯɡ |
| 鍑 | *puɡs, *puɡ |
| 覆 | *pʰuɡs, *buɡs, *pʰɯːɡ, *pʰuɡ |
| 復 | *buɡs, *buɡ |
| 椱 | *buɡs, *buɡ |
| 複 | *buɡs, *puɡ |
| 馥 | *brɯɡ, *buɡ |
| 腹 | *puɡ |
| 輹 | *puɡ, *buɡ |
| 蝮 | *pʰuɡ |
| 蕧 | *pʰuɡ, *buɡ |
| 复 | *buɡ |
| 鰒 | *buɡ |
| 澓 | *buɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *brɯɡ, *buɡ) : semantic 香 (“fragrance”) + phonetic 复 (OC *buɡ).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fù (fu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk$^1$ / fuk$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fù
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fù
*** Wade–Giles: fu$^4$
*** Yale: fù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuh
*** Palladius: фу (fu)
*** Sinological IPA : /fu⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fuk$^1$ / fuk$^6$
*** Yale: fūk / fuhk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fuk$^7$ / fuk$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fug$^1$ / fug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /fʊk̚⁵/, /fʊk̚²/
* Middle Chinese: bjuwk
Rime :
| Character | 馥 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 屋 (4) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 房六切 |
| Baxter | bjuwk |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bɨuk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /biuk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /biuk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /buwk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /biuk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭuk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱi̯uk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fuk$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*buɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 馥 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 3551 |
| Phonetic component | 复 |
| Rime group | 覺 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 伏 |
| Old Chinese | /*buɡ/ |

#### Definitions

馥
* (literary) fragrance; scent; aroma
* (literary) fragrant; aromatic

#### Compounds

* 桂馥蘭芳／桂馥兰芳
* 殘膏賸馥／残膏剩馥
* 芬馥
* 蘭薰桂馥／兰薰桂馥
* 郁馥
* 餘膏剩馥／余膏剩馥
* 香氣芬馥／香气芬馥
* 香馥馥
* 馥郁 (fùyù)
* 馥馥 (fùfù)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bì (bi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bì
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bì
*** Wade–Giles: pi$^4$
*** Yale: bì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
*** Palladius: би (bi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi⁵¹/
* Middle Chinese: bik
Rime :
| Character | 馥 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 職 (134) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 符逼切 |
| Baxter | bik |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bɨk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bɨk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /biek̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bik̚/ |
| Li Rong | /biək̚/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭək̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱi̯ək̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bik$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*brɯɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 馥 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 3542 |
| Phonetic component | 复 |
| Rime group | 職 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 愎 |
| Old Chinese | /*brɯɡ/ |

#### Definitions

馥
* (onomatopoeia) sound of an arrow striking

### References

* “馥”, 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)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: びき (biki)、ぶく (buku)
* Kan-on: ひょく (hyoku)、ふく (fuku)
* Kun: か (ka)、かおる (kaoru, 馥る)
* Nanori: かおる (kaoru)

## Korean
### Hanja

馥 • (bok) (hangeul 복, revised bok, McCune–Reischauer pok, Yale pok)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

馥: Hán Nôm readings: phục, phúc, phốc, phức
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