# 潑

| 潑 | U+6F51, &#28497; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F51 |
| ← 潐 [U+6F50] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 潒 → [U+6F52] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 潑 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | 溌 |
| Simplified | 泼 |

### Han character

潑 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 水弓人水 (ENOE), four-corner 3214$_7$, composition ⿰氵發)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 648, character 34
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18225
* Dae Jaweon: page 1058, character 18
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1750, character 7
* Unihan data for U+6F51

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 廢 | *pads |
| 癈 | *pads |
| 橃 | *pads, *bad |
| 撥 | *paːd |
| 鱍 | *paːd, *pʰaːd |
| 襏 | *paːd |
| 驋 | *paːd |
| 鏺 | *pʰaːd |
| 潑 | *pʰaːd |
| 醱 | *pʰaːd |

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pō (po$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): put$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): phat
    (Meixian, Guangdong): pad$^5$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): pua$^5$ / puah$^6$ / puoh$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phoah / phoat
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pō
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄛ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: po
*** Wade–Giles: pʻo$^1$
*** Yale: pwō
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: po
*** Palladius: по (po)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: put$^3$
*** Yale: put
*** Cantonese Pinyin: put$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pud$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰuːt̚³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phat
*** Hakka Romanization System: pad$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pad$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰat̚²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: pad$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰat̚¹/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: pua$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰua²¹/
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: puah$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰuaʔ¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: puoh$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰuoʔ²/
* pua5 - vernacular;
* puah6/puoh6 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: phat
Rime :
| Character | 潑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 末 (64) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 普活切 |
| Baxter | phat |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰuɑt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰʷɑt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰuɑt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰwat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰuɑt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰuɑt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pʰuɑt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | po |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | put$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*pʰaːd/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 潑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2837 |
| Phonetic component | 發 |
| Rime group | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 鏺 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰaːd/ |
| Notes | 廣韻從癹，集韻作此 |

#### Definitions

潑
* to pour; to splash
* to submerge; to drown
* to brew (tea); to make (tea)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) wild and unreasonable
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) fierce and bold
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) bad; poor
* (Hokkien, intransitive) to splatter; to splash
* (Xiamen Hokkien) to fan
* (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) Classifier for short periods of an event.
    一潑雨／一泼雨 [Hokkien] ― chi̍t phoah hō͘ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― a brief spell of rain

##### Synonyms

* (to brew): 撥／拨 (bō)
* (fierce and bold): 凶悍 (xiōnghàn)

#### Compounds

* 天真活潑 / 天真活泼
* 如湯潑雪 / 如汤泼雪
* 性潑凶頑 / 性泼凶顽
* 惡言潑語 / 恶言泼语
* 打滾撒潑 / 打滚撒泼
* 撒潑 / 撒泼 (sāpō)
* 撒潑打滾 / 撒泼打滚
* 撒潑放刁 / 撒泼放刁
* 放乖潑 / 放乖泼
* 放刁撒潑 / 放刁撒泼
* 放潑 / 放泼
* 村潑 / 村泼
* 村聲潑嗓 / 村声泼嗓
* 活活潑潑 / 活活泼泼
* 活潑 / 活泼 (huópō)
* 漂潑 / 漂泼
* 潑丟潑養 / 泼丢泼养
* 潑做 / 泼做
* 潑冷水 / 泼冷水 (pō lěngshuǐ)
* 潑出膽子 / 泼出胆子
* 潑剌 / 泼剌
* 潑剌剌 / 泼剌剌
* 潑包婁 / 泼包娄
* 潑哭潑鬧 / 泼哭泼闹
* 潑天 / 泼天
* 潑天也似 / 泼天也似
* 潑天大膽 / 泼天大胆
* 潑婦 / 泼妇 (pōfù)
* 潑實 / 泼实
* 潑性命 / 泼性命
* 潑悍 / 泼悍
* 潑才 / 泼才
* 潑殘生 / 泼残生
* 潑毛團 / 泼毛团
* 潑毛神 / 泼毛神
* 潑水 / 泼水 (pōshuǐ)
* 潑水節 / 泼水节 (Pōshuǐjié)
* 潑水難收 / 泼水难收
* 潑油救火 / 泼油救火 (pōyóujiùhuǒ)
* 潑浪鼓 / 泼浪鼓
* 潑潑剌剌 / 泼泼剌剌
* 潑潑撒撒 / 泼泼撒撒
* 潑灑 / 泼洒
* 潑火 / 泼火
* 潑無徒 / 泼无徒
* 潑煙花 / 泼烟花
* 潑物 / 泼物
* 潑猴 / 泼猴
* 潑男女 / 泼男女
* 潑皮 / 泼皮 (pōpí)
* 潑皮無賴 / 泼皮无赖
* 潑皮貨 / 泼皮货
* 潑皮賴虎 / 泼皮赖虎
* 潑聲 / 泼声
* 潑聲浪嗓 / 泼声浪嗓
* 潑聲浪氣 / 泼声浪气
* 潑腳 / 泼脚
* 潑腳子貨 / 泼脚子货
* 潑花團 / 泼花团
* 潑言語 / 泼言语
* 潑說 / 泼说
* 潑賤 / 泼贱
* 潑賤人 / 泼贱人
* 潑賤煙花 / 泼贱烟花
* 潑賴 / 泼赖
* 潑賸飯 / 泼剩饭
* 潑辣 / 泼辣 (pōlà)
* 潑辣貨 / 泼辣货
* 潑醅 / 泼醅
* 潑醋 / 泼醋
* 潑雨 / 泼雨 (Hakka, Min Nan)
* 潑風刀 / 泼风刀
* 潑髒水 / 泼脏水 (pō zāng shuǐ)
* 潑魔 / 泼魔
* 潑墨 / 泼墨
* 潑墨人物 / 泼墨人物
* 潑墨山水 / 泼墨山水
* 灑潑 / 洒泼
* 瓢潑 / 瓢泼 (piáopō)
* 窮身潑命 / 穷身泼命
* 風潑 / 风泼
* 馬前潑水 / 马前泼水

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bō (bo$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bō
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bo
*** Wade–Giles: po$^1$
*** Yale: bwō
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bo
*** Palladius: бо (bo)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

潑
* Only used in 潑潑／泼泼 (bōbō, “wiggling of fish's tail”).

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | 溌 |
| Kyūjitai | 潑 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 溌)
* pour
* splash
* water
* sprinkle
* violent
* malignant

#### Readings

* Go-on: はち (hachi)
* Kan-on: はつ (hatsu)
* Kun: そそぐ (sosogu, 潑ぐ)、はねる (haneru, 潑ねる)

#### Usage notes

In modern Japanese, 潑 is mostly replaced by 発, due to the deprecation of non-tōyō kanji caused by the Japanese script reform.

#### Compounds

* 潑(はっ)皮(ぴ) (happi)
* 潑(はつ)墨(ぼく) (hatsuboku)
* 潑(はつ)剌(らつ), 潑(はつ)溂(らつ) (hatsuratsu)
* 活(かっ)潑(ぱつ) (kappatsu)

## Korean
### Hanja

潑 (eumhun 물뿌릴 발 (mulppuril bal))
* sprinkle water
* fierce

## Vietnamese
### Han character

潑: Hán Nôm readings: bát
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