# 璞

| 璞 | U+749E, &#29854; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-749E |
| ← 璝 [U+749D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 璟 → [U+749F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

璞 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一土廿金人 (MGTCO), four-corner 1213$_4$ or 1218$_5$, composition ⿰𤣩菐)

### Further reading

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 742, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21245
* Dae Jaweon: page 1151, character 22
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1137, character 10
* Unihan data for U+749E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 樸 | *baː, *pʰroːɡ, *poːɡ, *boːɡ |
| 璞 | *pʰroːɡ |
| 墣 | *pʰroːɡ, *pʰoːɡ |
| 撲 | *broːɡ, *pʰoːɡ |
| 轐 | *poːɡ, *buːɡ |
| 獛 | *poːɡ |
| 蹼 | *poːɡ |
| 襆 | *poːɡ, *boɡ |
| 濮 | *poːɡ |
| 纀 | *poːɡ |
| 醭 | *pʰoːɡ |
| 僕 | *boːɡ, *buːɡ |
| 菐 | *boːɡ, *puɡ |
| 穙 | *boːɡ |
| 鏷 | *buːɡ |
| 幞 | *boɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰroːɡ) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 菐 (OC *boːɡ, *puɡ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pú (pu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pok$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): páuk
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): porh$^6$
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): pog$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pú
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pú
*** Wade–Giles: pʻu$^2$
*** Yale: pú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pwu
*** Palladius: пу (pu)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰu³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pok$^3$
*** Yale: pok
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pok$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pog$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɔːk̚³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: páuk
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɑuʔ²⁴/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: porh$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɒʔ¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: porh$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɒʔ²/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: pog$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phok
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰok̚²/
* Middle Chinese: phaewk
Rime :
| Character | 璞 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 覺 (10) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 匹角切 |
| Baxter | phaewk |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰˠʌk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰᵚɔk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰɔk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰaɨwk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰɔk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰɔk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pʰɔk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | po |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pok$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*pʰroːɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 璞 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9880 |
| Phonetic component | 菐 |
| Rime group | 屋 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 璞 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰroːɡ/ |

### Definitions

璞
* uncut jade
    From: Han Feizi, circa 2nd century BCE
    Fú zhūyù, rénzhǔ zhī suǒjí yě. Hé suī xiàn pú ér wèi měi, wèi wéi zhǔ zhī hài yě; rán yóu liǎngzú zhǎn ér bǎo nǎi lùn, lùn bǎo ruò cǐ qí nán yě. [Pinyin]
    Indeed, pearls and gems are what the lord of men wants badly. Though Ho presented the uncut jade to the Throne, before it was made beautiful, he was never a harm to His Majesty. Nevertheless, it was only after both his feet had been cut off that the treasure was acknowledged. That to establish an opinion of a treasure should be so difficult!
* Alternative form of 朴: rat meat which has not been air-dried
** 西京雜記/卷六：玉之未理者為璞，死鼠未腊者亦為璞
* a surname

### Compounds

* 反璞
* 反璞歸真／反璞归真 (fǎnpúguīzhēn)
* 抱璞
* 歸真反璞／归真反璞
* 渾金璞玉／浑金璞玉
* 璞玉 (púyù)
* 璞玉專案／璞玉专案
* 璞玉渾金／璞玉浑金
* 璞玉為石／璞玉为石
* 荊璞／荆璞
* 返璞歸真／返璞归真 (fǎnpúguīzhēn)
* 郭璞之說／郭璞之说
* 采光剖璞

### References

* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “璞”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 179.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ほく (hoku)
* Kan-on: はく (haku)
* Kan’yō-on: ぼく (boku)
* Kun: あらたま (aratama, 璞)

## Korean
### Hanja

璞 (eumhun 옥돌 박 (okdol bak))
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### References

* Naver Hanja Dictionary: 璞

## Vietnamese
### Han character

璞: Hán Việt readings: phác
璞: Nôm readings: phác
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### References

* Nom Foundation