# 莆

| 莆 | U+8386, &#33670; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8386 |
| ← 莅 [U+8385] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 莇 → [U+8387] |

## Translingual
### Han character

莆 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿戈十月 (TIJB), four-corner 4422$_7$, composition ⿱艹甫)

#### Derived characters

* 𫮝, 𬈩, 𤨳, 𧜿, 𫃾, 𮔴, 𧽬, 𨄳, 𬵦, 𧁳

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1033, character 12
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31025
* Dae Jaweon: page 1492, character 20
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3215, character 8
* Unihan data for U+8386

## 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 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pú (pu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pou$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phô͘ / pô͘
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$bu
* 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: pou$^4$
*** Yale: pòuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pou$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pou$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰou̯²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phô͘ / pô͘
*** Tâi-lô: phôo / pôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phoo, poo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔ²⁴/, /pɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔ²⁴/, /pɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔ¹³/, /pɔ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔ²⁴/, /pɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔ²³/, /pɔ²³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$bu
*** MiniDict: bu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$bu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bu²³/

#### Definitions

莆
* Alternative form of 蒲 (pú)
* Short for 莆田 (Pútián).
* a surname

#### Compounds

* 莆仙戲／莆仙戏 (púxiānxì)
* 莆田 (Pútián)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fú (fu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ
* 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/
* Middle Chinese: pjuX
Rime :
| Character | 莆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 方矩切 |
| Baxter | pjuX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pɨo$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pio$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pio$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /puə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /pio$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /pĭu$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pi̯u$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fǔ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fu$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*paʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 莆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3453 |
| Phonetic component | 甫 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 甫 |
| Old Chinese | /*paʔ/ |

#### Definitions

莆
* Only used in 萐莆.

### References

* “莆”, 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: ふ (fu)、ぶ (bu)
* Kan-on: ふ (fu)、ほ (ho)