# 幅

| 幅 | U+5E45, &#24133; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E45 |
| ← 幄 [U+5E44] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 幆 → [U+5E46] |

## Translingual
### Han character

幅 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中月一口田 (LBMRW), four-corner 4126$_6$, composition ⿰巾畐)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 334, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8995
* Dae Jaweon: page 641, character 23
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 746, character 13
* Unihan data for U+5E45

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 幅
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 富 | *pɯɡs |
| 輻 | *pɯɡs, *pɯɡ |
| 副 | *pʰɯɡs, *pʰrɯɡ, *pʰɯɡ |
| 褔 | *pʰɯɡs |
| 蔔 | *bɯːɡ |
| 匐 | *bɯːɡ, *bɯɡ |
| 逼 | *prɯɡ |
| 偪 | *prɯɡ, *pɯɡ |
| 幅 | *prɯɡ, *pɯɡ |
| 楅 | *prɯɡ, *pɯɡ |
| 湢 | *prɯɡ |
| 堛 | *pʰrɯɡ |
| 愊 | *pʰrɯɡ |
| 踾 | *pʰrɯɡ, *brɯɡ, *pɯɡ |
| 揊 | *pʰrɯɡ |
| 稫 | *pʰrɯɡ |
| 畐 | *pʰrɯɡ, *bɯɡ |
| 疈 | *pʰrɯɡ |
| 腷 | *brɯɡ |
| 鶝 | *brɯɡ, *pɯɡ |
| 福 | *pɯɡ |
| 蝠 | *pɯɡ |
| 葍 | *pɯɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *prɯɡ, *pɯɡ): semantic 巾 (“clothing”) + phonetic 畐 (OC *pʰrɯɡ, *bɯɡ).

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fú (fu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): puk
* Eastern Min (BUC): hók
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pak / hok
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bag$^4$
* 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/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fúr
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fúr
*** Wade–Giles: fu$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: fúr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwul
*** Palladius: фур (fur)
*** Sinological IPA : /fuɻʷ³⁵/
* fúr:
** width of textiles;
** classifier.
* Middle Chinese: pjuwk
Rime :
| Character | 幅 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 屋 (4) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 方六切 |
| Baxter | pjuwk |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pɨuk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /piuk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /piuk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /puwk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /piuk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /pĭuk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pi̯uk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fuk$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pək/
    (Zhengzhang): /*pɯɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 幅 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | fú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pjuwk › |
| Old Chinese | /*pək/ |
| English | width (of cloth); wide |
| 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 | 幅 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 3396 |
| Phonetic component | 畐 |
| Rime group | 職 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 福 |
| Old Chinese | /*pɯɡ/ |

#### Definitions

幅
* width of textiles
* (by extension) width
    幅度 ― fúdù ― range; scope; extent
    振幅 ― zhènfú ― amplitude
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of cloth) hem; margin
    邊幅／边幅 ― biānfú ― cloth margin; (figurative) person's appearance
* Classifier for textiles and pictures. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
    一幅畫／一幅画 ― yī fú huà ― a picture
* (Cantonese, Hainanese, Nanning Pinghua) Classifier for walls.

##### Synonyms

* (classifier for walls):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 堵, 面, 道 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 堵, 面, 道 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 堵 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 堵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 堵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 堵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 堵 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 堵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 堵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 堵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 堵 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 埲, 幅 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 埲, 幅 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 條 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 皮 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 堵, 面, 皮 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 堵 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 堵 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 板, 堵 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 堵 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 堵 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 堵 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 堵 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 片 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 面 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 堵 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 面 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 片 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 片 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 堵, 面 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 片 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 片 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 片 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 爿, 埤, 片 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 方, 埤 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 幅 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 幅 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 堵 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 堵 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 堵 |
| Wu | Danyang | 堵 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 堵 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 堵 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 堵 |

#### Compounds

* 不事邊幅 / 不事边幅
* 不修邊幅 / 不修边幅 (bùxiūbiānfú)
* 不脩邊幅 / 不脩边幅
* 修邊幅 / 修边幅
* 修飾邊幅 / 修饰边幅
* 大幅 (dàfú)
* 大幅度 (dàfúdù)
* 寬幅 / 宽幅 (kuānfú)
* 尺幅
* 尺幅千里 (chǐfúqiānlǐ)
* 巨幅 (jùfú)
* 幅員 / 幅员 (fúyuán)
* 幅巾 (fújīn)
* 幅度 (fúdù)
* 幅面
* 振幅 (zhènfú)
* 播幅
* 斷幅殘紙 / 断幅残纸
* 方幅
* 條幅 / 条幅 (tiáofú)
* 橫幅 / 横幅 (héngfú)
* 步幅 (bùfú)
* 波幅 (bōfú)
* 減幅 / 减幅
* 漲幅 / 涨幅 (zhǎngfú)
* 畫幅 / 画幅 (huàfú)
* 篇幅 (piānfú)
* 調幅 / 调幅 (tiáofú)
* 調幅廣播 / 调幅广播
* 跌幅 (diēfú)
* 連篇累幅 / 连篇累幅
* 邊幅 / 边幅 (biānfú)
* 邊幅不修 / 边幅不修
* 降幅 (jiàngfú)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bī (bi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bī
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bi
*** Wade–Giles: pi$^1$
*** Yale: bī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bi
*** Palladius: би (bi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: pik
Rime :
| Character | 幅 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 職 (134) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 彼側切 |
| Baxter | pik |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pɨk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pɨk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /piek̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pik̚/ |
| Li Rong | /piək̚/ |
| Wang Li | /pĭək̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pi̯ək̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bik$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*p<r>ək/, /*pək/
    (Zhengzhang): /*prɯɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 幅 | 幅 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | fú | fú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pik › | ‹ pjuwk › |
| Old Chinese | /*p<r>ək/ | /*pək/ |
| English | strap around the leg | strap around the leg |
| 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 | 幅 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 3380 |
| Phonetic component | 畐 |
| Rime group | 職 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 逼 |
| Old Chinese | /*prɯɡ/ |

#### Definitions

幅
* (historical) leg wrap made of cloth

### References

* “幅”, 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–
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01179

## Japanese
### Alternative forms

* (abbreviation) 巾

### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* width (of textiles)
* width; size of a plane, a surface
* counter for paintings and calligraphic works or hanging scrolls
* apron
* edge (of things)
* shin guard

#### Readings

* Go-on: ふく (fuku, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: ふく (fuku, Jōyō)
* Kun: はば (haba, 幅, Jōyō)

#### Compounds

* 幅(ふく)員(いん) (fukuin)
* 歩(ほ)幅(はば) (hohaba)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 幅
* はば Grade: S
* kun'yomi
Note similarities to Greater Central Philippine *habaʔ (“long (object)”), whence Tagalog habà (“length”), though this is likely coincidental.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) はば [hàbá] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ha̠ba̠]

#### Noun

幅(はば) • (haba)
* width, breadth
* free room
* difference (between two substances)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 幅
* ふく Grade: S
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 幅 (pjuwk).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ふく [fùkúꜜ] (Odaka –)
* IPA: [ɸɯ̟̊kɯ̟]

#### Counter

幅(ふく) • (-fuku)
* counter for scrolls

#### Noun

幅(ふく) • (fuku)
* scroll

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

幅 • (pok) (hangeul 폭, revised pok, McCune–Reischauer p'ok)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

幅: Hán Nôm readings: bức, phúc
* classifier for walls, letters, drawings, paintings, photographs, sculptures, or statues

#### References

* ↑ Génibrel (1898).
* ↑ Bonet (1899).
* 1 2 Thiều Chửu (1942).
* 1 2 Nguyễn (1974).
* 1 2 Vũ (1998).
* ↑ Trần (1999).
* ↑ Nguyễn et al. (2009).