# 匍

| 匍 | U+530D, &#21261; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-530D |
| ← 匌 [U+530C] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 匎 → [U+530E] |

## Translingual
### Han character

匍 (Kangxi radical 20, 勹+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 心戈十月 (PIJB), four-corner 2722$_0$, composition ⿹勹甫)

#### Derived characters

* 𮛻, 葡

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 151, character 17
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2527
* Dae Jaweon: page 340, character 23
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 259, character 4
* Unihan data for U+530D

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 匍 :
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script |
| | 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 |
A man crawling over a sprout growing on a field to represent the concept of crawling, referred to both people and plants growing on the ground.

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pú (pu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pou$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phô͘ / pô͘
* 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: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phô͘
*** Tâi-lô: phôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phoo
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /pʰɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔ¹³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pô͘
*** Tâi-lô: pôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: poo
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pɔ²⁴/
* Middle Chinese: bu
Rime :
| Character | 匍 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 薄胡切 |
| Baxter | bu |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /buo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /buo/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bo/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bɔ/ |
| Li Rong | /bo/ |
| Wang Li | /bu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱuo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pou$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤa/
    (Zhengzhang): /*baː/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 匍 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | pú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bu › |
| Old Chinese | /*[b]ˁa/ |
| English | crawl |
| 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 | 匍 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3436 |
| Phonetic component | 甫 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 酺 |
| Old Chinese | /*baː/ |

#### Definitions

匍
* Only used in 匍匐 (púfú).

##### Compounds

* 匍伏 (púfú)
* 匍匐 (púfú)
* 匍匐之救
* 匍匐前進／匍匐前进
* 匍匐奔喪／匍匐奔丧
* 匍匐莖／匍匐茎 (púfújīng)
* 壽陵匍匐／寿陵匍匐
* 扶匐 (púfú)

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 匍 – see 撫 (“to stroke; to caress; to pat; to strike; to clap; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 撫).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ほ (ho)
* Kun: はう (hau)

## Korean
### Hanja

匍 (eum 포 (po))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

匍: Hán Nôm readings: bò
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