# 蒲

| 蒲 | U+84B2, &#33970; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-84B2 |
| ← 蒱 [U+84B1] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蒳 → [U+84B3] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蒲 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿水戈月 (TEIB), four-corner 4412$_7$, composition ⿱艹浦)
* bulrush, cattail, reed
* vine
* various rivers and places

#### Derived characters

* 𱠿, 𰯡, 𨆶, 𰽏, 𩟢, 𪇨

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1049, character 37
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31611
* Dae Jaweon: page 1511, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3269, character 11
* Unihan data for U+84B2

## 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *baː): semantic 艹 (“vegetation”) + phonetic 浦 (OC *pʰaːʔ).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pú (pu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pou$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): phù
    (Meixian, Guangdong): pu$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): bù / buò
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): phô͘ / pô͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): pu$^5$
* 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/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phù
*** Hakka Romanization System: pu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰu¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: pu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰu¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: bù / buò
*** Sinological IPA : /pu⁵³/, /puo⁵³/
* 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/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: pu$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phû
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰu⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$bu
*** MiniDict: bu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$bu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bu²³/
* Middle Chinese: bu
Rime :
| Character | 蒲 |
| 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/ |
| Bernhard 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 | 蒲 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | pú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bu › |
| Old Chinese | /*[b]ˁa/ |
| English | part of personal name |
| 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 | 蒲 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3441 |
| Phonetic component | 甫 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 酺 |
| Old Chinese | /*baː/ |

#### Definitions

蒲
* cattail (Typha)
    蒲菜 ― púcài ― cattail shoot (as a vegetable)
* Short for 菖蒲 (chāngpú, “calamus”).
    蒲節／蒲节 ― pújié ― Dragon Boat Festival
* Short for 蒲葵 (púkuí, “Chinese fan palm”).
    蒲扇 ― púshàn ― palm fan
* Used in 蒲桃 (pútáo).
* Used in 蒲公英 (púgōngyīng).
* a surname
    蒲松齡／蒲松龄 ― Pú Sōnglíng ― Pu Songling (author of Liaozhai zhiyi)

#### Compounds

* 伊蒲饌 / 伊蒲馔
* 唐菖蒲 (tángchāngpú)
* 截蒲為牒 / 截蒲为牒
* 扁蒲
* 扇葉蒲葵 / 扇叶蒲葵
* 望杏瞻蒲
* 樗蒲
* 石菖蒲 (shíchāngpú)
* 編蒲 / 编蒲
* 茅蒲
* 菖蒲 (chāngpú)
* 菖蒲蓮 / 菖蒲莲
* 菖蒲酒
* 蒲伏 (púfú)
* 蒲公英 (púgōngyīng)
* 蒲劇 / 蒲剧 (pújù)
* 蒲劍 / 蒲剑
* 蒲包兒 / 蒲包儿
* 蒲團 / 蒲团 (pútuán)
* 蒲圻 (Púqí)
* 蒲坂
* 蒲城
* 蒲墩兒 / 蒲墩儿
* 蒲戲 / 蒲戏
* 蒲扇 (púshàn)
* 蒲扇價增 / 蒲扇价增
* 蒲月
* 蒲服 (púfú)
* 蒲松齡 / 蒲松龄
* 蒲柳
* 蒲柳之姿 (púliǔzhīzī)
* 蒲桃 (pútáo)
* 蒲棒
* 蒲江縣 / 蒲江县
* 蒲津
* 蒲牒寫書 / 蒲牒写书
* 蒲牢 (púláo)
* 蒲瓜 (púguā)
* 蒲甘 (Púgān)
* 蒲甸兒 / 蒲甸儿
* 蒲福風級 / 蒲福风级
* 蒲窩子 / 蒲窝子
* 蒲笨車 / 蒲笨车
* 蒲節 / 蒲节 (Pújié)
* 蒲籃 / 蒲篮
* 蒲絨 / 蒲绒
* 蒲羅 / 蒲罗
* 蒲艾
* 蒲草
* 蒲萄 (pútáo)
* 蒲葦 / 蒲苇 (púwěi)
* 蒲葵 (púkuí)
* 蒲葵扇
* 蒲蓮 / 蒲莲 (Púlián)
* 蒲蘆 / 蒲芦
* 蒲蠻 / 蒲蛮
* 蒲觴 / 蒲觞
* 蒲車 / 蒲车
* 蒲輪 / 蒲轮 (púlún)
* 蒲邑三善
* 蒲關 / 蒲关
* 蒲阪
* 蒲隆地 (Púlóngdì)
* 蒲鞋
* 蒲鞭
* 蒲鞭不施
* 蒲鞭不用
* 蒲鞭之政
* 蒲鞭示辱
* 蒲鞵
* 鞭蒲
* 香蒲

#### Descendants

(water plant):
* → Tangut: 𘀔 (*phu¹)

### Etymology 2

From the vernacular reading of 浮 (pou4).

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): pou$^4$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pou$^4$
*** Yale: pòuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pou$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pou$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰou̯²¹/

#### Definitions

蒲
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) to appear
    蒲頭／蒲头 [Hong Kong Cantonese] ― pou$^4$ tau$^4$ [Jyutping] ― (of a person) to show up
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) to party; to leisure
    Synonym: wet

### References

* “蒲”, 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

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* bulrush, reed

#### Readings

* Go-on: ぶ (bu)
* Kan-on: ほ (ho)
* Kun: がま (gama, 蒲)、かま (kama, 蒲)、かば (kaba, 蒲)

#### Compounds

* 蒲(かば)焼(やき) (kabayaki)
* 蒲(かま)鉾(ぼこ) (kamaboko)
* 蒲公英(たんぽぽ) (tanpopo)
* 蒲桃(ふともも) (futomomo)
* 蒲黄(ほおう) (hōu)
* 菖(しょう)蒲(ぶ) (shōbu)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 蒲
* がま Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 香蒲

### Noun

蒲(がま) or 蒲(ガマ) • (gama)
* common cattail, Typha latifolia

#### Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

#### See also

* 蒲黄(ほおう) (hōu)

## Korean
### Hanja

蒲 • (po) (hangeul 포, revised po, McCune–Reischauer p'o, Yale pho)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

蒲: Hán Việt readings: bồ
蒲: Hán Nôm readings: bồ, bù, mồ
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