# 符

| 符 | U+7B26, &#31526; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B26 |
| ← 笥 [U+7B25] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 笧 → [U+7B27] |

## Translingual
### Han character

符 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹人木戈 (HODI), four-corner 8824$_3$, composition ⿱𥫗付)

#### Derived characters

* 𡠞, 𣻜, 𣘧, 䒀, 𫙳, 𥮯, 𭚚

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 880, character 18
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25935
* Dae Jaweon: page 1308, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2956, character 6
* Unihan data for U+7B26

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 鉜 | *bu |
| 跗 | *po, *bos |
| 柎 | *po |
| 腑 | *poʔ |
| 俯 | *poʔ |
| 府 | *poʔ |
| 付 | *pos |
| 咐 | *pos |
| 怤 | *pʰo |
| 泭 | *pʰo, *bo |
| 姇 | *pʰo |
| 紨 | *pʰo |
| 拊 | *pʰoʔ |
| 弣 | *pʰoʔ |
| 符 | *bo |
| 苻 | *bo |
| 坿 | *bo, *bos |
| 腐 | *boʔ |
| 附 | *bos |
| 駙 | *bos |
| 鮒 | *bos |
| 袝 | *bos |
| 蚹 | *bos |
| 胕 | *bos |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bo) : semantic 𥫗 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 付 (OC *pos).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fú (fu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fu$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fù / phù
* Eastern Min (BUC): hù
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hû
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hu$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$vu
* 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$^4$
*** Yale: fùh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fu$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /fuː²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fù / phù
*** Hakka Romanization System: fu$^ˇ$ / pu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fu$^2$ / pu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹/, /pʰu¹¹/
* fù - literary;
* phù - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: bju
Rime :
| Character | 符 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 防無切 |
| Baxter | bju |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bɨo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bio/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bio/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /buə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /bio/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱi̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fu$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b](r)o/
    (Zhengzhang): /*bo/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 符 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | fú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bju › |
| Old Chinese | /*[b](r)o/ |
| English | a tally |
| 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 | 符 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3520 |
| Phonetic component | 付 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 扶 |
| Old Chinese | /*bo/ |

### Definitions

符
* (historical) tally
* symbol; sign
    符號／符号 ― fúhào ― symbol
* charm
* to match; to correspond
* a surname

### Compounds

* 不符 (bùfú)
* 休止符 (xiūzhǐfú)
* 催命符 (cuīmìng fú)
* 八分音符 (bāfēn yīnfú)
* 兵符 (bīngfú)
* 分符擁節／分符拥节
* 刻符
* 剖符
* 化學符號／化学符号
* 原子符號／原子符号
* 名不符實／名不符实 (míngbùfúshí)
* 名實相符／名实相符 (míngshíxiāngfú)
* 合符
* 名符其實／名符其实 (míngfúqíshí)
* 四分音符 (sìfēn yīnfú)
* 天符
* 字符 (zìfú)
* 安胎符
* 形符
* 意符 (yìfú)
* 書符咒水／书符咒水
* 朱砂符
* 桃符
* 標點符號／标点符号 (biāodiǎn fúhào)
* 注音符號 (zhùyīn fúhào)
* 王符
* 瑞符
* 畫符／画符 (huàfú)
* 相符 (xiāngfú)
* 神符
* 祥符
* 禎符／祯符
* 符兒／符儿
* 符冊／符册 (fúcè)
* 符印
* 符合
* 符咒 (fúzhòu)
* 符命
* 符契
* 符應／符应
* 符拔
* 符拉迪沃斯托克 (Fúlādíwòsītuōkè)
* 符水 (fúshuǐ)
* 符牒 (fúdié)
* 符瑞
* 符璽／符玺
* 符碼／符码
* 符節／符节 (fújié)
* 符節文／符节文
* 符篆
* 符籙／符箓 (fúlù)
* 符號／符号 (fúhào)
* 符號邏輯／符号逻辑 (fúhào luójí)
* 符言
* 符讖／符谶
* 符采
* 符驗／符验
* 聲符／声符 (shēngfú)
* 聲調符號／声调符号 (shēngdiào fúhào)
* 若合符節／若合符节
* 虎符 (hǔfú)
* 虎符金牌
* 蛇符
* 詅痴符／𰵚痴符
* 譯音符號／译音符号
* 護官符／护官符
* 護符／护符 (hùfú)
* 護身符／护身符 (hùshēnfú)
* 赤伏符
* 軍符／军符
* 連音符／连音符
* 運算符號／运算符号
* 金牌虎符
* 釵頭符／钗头符
* 銅虎符／铜虎符
* 附點音符／附点音符 (fùdiǎnyīnfú)
* 陰符經／阴符经
* 陽陵虎符／阳陵虎符
* 隔音符號／隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào)
* 靈符／灵符
* 音符 (yīnfú)
* 鬼畫桃符／鬼画桃符
* 鬼畫符／鬼画符 (guǐhuàfú)
* 魚符／鱼符

### References

* “符”, 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

(Jōyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ぶ (bu)
* Kan-on: ふ (fu, Jōyō)
* Kun: わりふ (warifu, 符)

#### Compounds

* 切(きっ)符(ぷ) (kippu): ticket
* 符(ふ)号(ごう) (fugō): sign; mark; symbol
* 呪(じゅ)符(ふ) (jufu): written spells

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 符 (MC bju).

### Hanja

符 (eumhun 부호 부 (buho bu))
* hanja form of 부 (“mark, tally, symbol, charm, ID tag”)

## Tày
### Noun

符 (búa)
* Nôm form of búa (“spell; charm”).
    吟符散對𱣨边法Gằm búa sán đuổi lồm vần phépThe spells faded with the wind, casting a charm

### References

* Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

## Vietnamese
### Han character

符: Hán Nôm readings: phù, bùa
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