# 撲

| 撲 | U+64B2, &#25778; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64B2 |
| ← 撱 [U+64B1] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 撳 → [U+64B3] |

## Translingual
### Han character

撲 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手廿金人 (QTCO), four-corner 5203$_4$, composition ⿰扌菐)

#### Derived characters

* 𡃒, 𤾷, 𦢟

#### Related characters

* 扑 (Simplified Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 457, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12755
* Dae Jaweon: page 805, character 18
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1956, character 4
* Unihan data for U+64B2

## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 樸 | *baː, *pʰroːɡ, *poːɡ, *boːɡ |
| 璞 | *pʰroːɡ |
| 墣 | *pʰroːɡ, *pʰoːɡ |
| 撲 | *broːɡ, *pʰoːɡ |
| 轐 | *poːɡ, *buːɡ |
| 獛 | *poːɡ |
| 蹼 | *poːɡ |
| 襆 | *poːɡ, *boɡ |
| 濮 | *poːɡ |
| 纀 | *poːɡ |
| 醭 | *pʰoːɡ |
| 僕 | *boːɡ, *buːɡ |
| 菐 | *boːɡ, *puɡ |
| 穙 | *boːɡ |
| 鏷 | *buːɡ |
| 幞 | *boɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *broːɡ, *pʰoːɡ): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 菐 (OC *boːɡ, *puɡ).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pū (pu$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): puk$^1$ / pok$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phu
* Eastern Min (BUC): páuk
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): porh$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): phok
    (Teochew, Peng'im): pog$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$phoq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pū
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pu
*** Wade–Giles: pʻu$^1$
*** Yale: pū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pu
*** Palladius: пу (pu)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰu⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: puk$^1$ / pok$^3$
*** Yale: pūk / pok
*** Cantonese Pinyin: puk$^7$ / pok$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pug$^1$ / pog$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰʊk̚⁵/, /pʰɔːk̚³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phu
*** Hakka Romanization System: pu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰu⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: páuk
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɑuʔ²⁴/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: porh$^6$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: po̤h
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɒʔ¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: porh$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɒʔ²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phok
*** Tâi-lô: phok
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phog
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔk̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔk̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: pog$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phok
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰok̚²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$phoq
*** MiniDict: phoh$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$phoq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰoʔ⁵⁵/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit撲 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /pʰu⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /pʰu⁴⁴/ ～騰 /pʰu²⁴/ ～摟 |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /pʰu²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /pʰu²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /pʰu⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /pʰu²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /pʰu²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /pʰv̩⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /pʰu¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /pʰu¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /pʰu⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /pʰu²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /pʰu⁵⁵/ /pu¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /pʰu²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /pʰu³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /pʰuʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /pʰəʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /pʰaʔ²/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /pʰʌʔ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /pʰaʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /pʰoʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /pʰoʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /pʰoʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /pʰo²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /pʰɔʔ²¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /pʰu⁵/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /pʰu²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /pʰu²⁴/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /pʰuʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /pʰuk̚¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /pʰuk̚⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /pʰɔk̚³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /pʰuk̚⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /pʰɔk̚³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /pʰɔk̚³²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /pʰouʔ²³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /pʰu²⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /pʰok̚²/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /ʔbɔk̚⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: phuwk
Rime :
| Character | 撲 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 屋 (3) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 普木切 |
| Baxter | phuwk |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰuk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰuk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰuk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰəwk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰuk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰuk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pʰuk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | puk$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pʰˤok/
    (Zhengzhang): /*broːɡ/, /*pʰoːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 撲 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | pū |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ phuwk › |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰˁok/ |
| English | beat (v.) |
| 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 | 撲 | 撲 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 9883 | 9893 |
| Phonetic component | 菐 | 菐 |
| Rime group | 屋 | 屋 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 雹 | 扑 |
| Old Chinese | /*broːɡ/ | /*pʰoːɡ/ |
| Notes | 原從僕注或作撲， 見太玄 | |

#### Definitions

撲
* to beat; to strike
    alt. forms: 剝 / 剥
* to pat; to slap
* to dab; to smear; to apply
* to rest one's upper body on a surface; to bend over a surface
* (American (1980–)) to pull over
    From: 2021, 在美国开车被警察“扑”怎么办？
    zài měiguó kāichē bèi jǐngchá “pū” zěnmebàn [Pinyin]
    What should I do if pulled over while driving by the police in the United States
* a surname, Pu

##### Synonyms

* (to beat):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 打, 揍, 擊, 撲 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 打, 揍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 打, 揍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 揍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 打 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 打 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 打, 揍 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 打, 揍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 打 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 打 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 打, 揍 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 打 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 打 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 打 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 打 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 打, 揍 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 打, 揍 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 打 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 打, 𢱕, 抦 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 打, 𢱕, 抦 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 打 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 打 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 打 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 打 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 打 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 打 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 打 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 打 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 打 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 打 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 打 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 打 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 打 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 打 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 打 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 打 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 打 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 打 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 打 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 打 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 打 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 打 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 打 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 𢫦 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 𢫦 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 𢫦 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 𢫦 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang (Huangkeng) | 𢫦 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 𢫦 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 拍 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 拍 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 拍 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 拍 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 拍 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 拍 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 拍 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 拍 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 拍 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 拍 |
| Eastern Min | Sitiawan (Gutian) | 拍 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 拍, 㧌 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 拍 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 拍 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 拍 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 拍 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 拍, 㧌, 擸 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 拍 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 拍 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 拍, 㧌 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 拍, 㧌 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 拍 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 拍, 㧌 |
| Southern Min | Guilin (Biyange) | 拍 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 拍 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 拍 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 拍 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 拍 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 拍 |
| Southern Min | Lufeng | 拍 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 拍 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 拍 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 拍 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 拍 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 拍 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 拍 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 拍 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 拍 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 拍 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 拍 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 拍 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 𢫦 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 𢫦 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 𢫦 |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 𢫦 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 拍 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 打 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 打 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 打 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 打 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 打 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 打 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 打 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 打 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 打 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 打 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 打 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 打 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 打 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 打 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 打 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 打 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 打 |
| Wu | Danyang | 打 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 打 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 打 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 打 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 打 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 打 |
* (to pat):
* 打擊 / 打击 (dǎjī)
* 扣 (kòu)
* 拍打 (pāidǎ)
* 拍擊 / 拍击 (pāijī)
* 擊 / 击 (jī)
* 擊打 / 击打 (jīdǎ)
* 敲 (qiāo)
* 敲打 (qiāodǎ)
* 敲擊 / 敲击 (qiāojī)
* 格 (literary)
* (to rest one's upper body on a surface): 趴 (pā)

#### Compounds

* 剪撲 / 剪扑
* 劈留撲碌 / 劈留扑碌
* 匹力撲六 / 匹力扑六
* 匹撲 / 匹扑
* 反撲 / 反扑 (fǎnpū)
* 合撲 / 合扑
* 囊撲 / 囊扑
* 廝撲行 / 厮扑行
* 打撲 / 打扑
* 拓撲學 / 拓扑学
* 撲上 / 扑上
* 撲交打滾 / 扑交打滚
* 撲人鼻子 / 扑人鼻子
* 撲倒 / 扑倒 (pūdǎo)
* 撲個滿懷 / 扑个满怀
* 撲個空 / 扑个空
* 撲克 / 扑克 (pūkè)
* 撲克牌 / 扑克牌
* 撲克臉 / 扑克脸 (pūkèliǎn)
* 撲兒 / 扑儿
* 撲冬冬 / 扑冬冬
* 撲剌剌 / 扑剌剌
* 撲同 / 扑同
* 撲咚 / 扑咚
* 撲咚咚 / 扑咚咚
* 撲哧 / 扑哧
* 撲唐唐 / 扑唐唐
* 撲嗤 / 扑嗤 (pūchī)
* 撲地 / 扑地
* 撲堆 / 扑堆
* 撲奔 / 扑奔
* 撲復 / 扑复
* 撲手 / 扑手
* 撲打 / 扑打
* 撲掩 / 扑掩
* 撲揞 / 扑揞
* 撲搭地 / 扑搭地
* 撲撒 / 扑撒
* 撲撲 / 扑扑
* 撲撤 / 扑撤
* 撲撲簌簌 / 扑扑簌簌
* 撲撲通通 / 扑扑通通
* 撲擊 / 扑击 (pūjī)
* 撲救 / 扑救 (pūjiù)
* 撲散 / 扑散
* 撲旗 / 扑旗
* 撲朔 / 扑朔 (pūshuò)
* 撲朔迷離 / 扑朔迷离 (pūshuòmílí)
* 撲桶 / 扑桶
* 撲殺 / 扑杀 (pūshā)
* 撲水 / 扑水 (pūshuǐ)
* 撲滅 / 扑灭 (pūmiè)
* 撲漉 / 扑漉
* 撲滿 / 扑满 (pūmǎn)
* 撲然 / 扑然
* 撲熱息痛 / 扑热息痛 (pūrèxītòng)
* 撲燈蛾 / 扑灯蛾
* 撲登登 / 扑登登
* 撲的 / 扑的
* 撲碌碌 / 扑碌碌
* 撲空 / 扑空 (pūkōng)
* 撲簌 / 扑簌 (pūsù)
* 撲簌簌 / 扑簌簌 (pūsùsù)
* 撲粉 / 扑粉 (pūfěn)
* 撲索 / 扑索
* 撲翻身 / 扑翻身
* 撲臉 / 扑脸
* 撲花 / 扑花
* 撲花行徑 / 扑花行径
* 撲落 / 扑落 (pūluò)
* 撲虎兒 / 扑虎儿
* 撲蝶之會 / 扑蝶之会
* 撲買 / 扑买
* 撲賣 / 扑卖
* 撲跌 / 扑跌
* 撲辣 / 扑辣
* 撲通 / 扑通 (pūtōng)
* 撲通一聲 / 扑通一声
* 撲通撲通 / 扑通扑通
* 撲速速 / 扑速速
* 撲通通冬 / 扑通通冬
* 撲鄧鄧 / 扑邓邓
* 撲閃 / 扑闪
* 撲面 / 扑面 (pūmiàn)
* 撲頭撲臉 / 扑头扑脸
* 撲騰 / 扑腾 (pūténg)
* 撲騰騰 / 扑腾腾
* 撲魚 / 扑鱼
* 撲魯魯 / 扑鲁鲁
* 撲鹿 / 扑鹿
* 撲鼕 / 扑冬
* 撲鼕鼕 / 扑冬冬
* 撲鼻 / 扑鼻 (pūbí)
* 攧撲 / 𭣇扑
* 望風撲影 / 望风扑影
* 水撲花兒 / 水扑花儿
* 滴流撲 / 滴流扑
* 滴溜撲 / 滴溜扑
* 滴溜溜撲 / 滴溜溜扑
* 滴留撲 / 滴留扑
* 灰撲撲 / 灰扑扑
* 燈蛾撲火 / 灯蛾扑火
* 異香撲鼻 / 异香扑鼻
* 的溜撲碌 / 的溜扑碌
* 相撲 / 相扑 (xiāngpū)
* 粉撲 / 粉扑
* 紅撲撲 / 红扑扑 (hóngpūpū)
* 胡撲掩 / 胡扑掩
* 胡撲搭 / 胡扑搭
* 花撲撲 / 花扑扑
* 買撲 / 买扑
* 賣撲 / 卖扑
* 迷離撲朔 / 迷离扑朔
* 關撲 / 关扑
* 顛撲不破 / 颠扑不破
* 顛撲不碎 / 颠扑不碎
* 飛蛾撲火 / 飞蛾扑火 (fēi'épūhuǒ)
* 飢虎撲食 / 饥虎扑食
* 餓虎撲羊 / 饿虎扑羊
* 餓虎撲食 / 饿虎扑食
* 鬼打撲 / 鬼打扑

### Etymology 2

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Related to 泡 (pok1)?”

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): pok$^3$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pok$^3$
*** Yale: pok
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pok$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pog$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɔːk̚³/

#### Definitions

撲
* (Cantonese, of paint) to bulge; to swell
* (Cantonese, of paint) bulge

### References

* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “扑”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 179.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* to beat, to strike

#### Readings

* Go-on: ほく (hoku)
* Kan-on: ほく (hoku)
* Kan’yō-on: ぼく (boku, Jōyō)
* Kun: うつ (utsu, 撲つ)、なぐる (naguru, 撲る)、ぶつ (butsu, 撲つ)、はる (haru, 撲る)

#### Compounds

* 大相撲
* 相撲: sumo
* 打撲
* 相撲取り
* 撲滅
* アマ相撲
* 引退相撲
* 腕相撲
* 押し相撲
* 勧進相撲
* 草相撲
* 子供相撲
* 御当地相撲
* 神事相撲
* 節会相撲
* 台覧相撲
* 天覧相撲
* 電車道相撲
* 花相撲
* 独り相撲
* 奉納相撲
* 前相撲
* 水入りの相撲
* 指相撲
* 四つ相撲
* 腕白相撲
* 皆相撲が好き
* 大相撲さん
* 相撲にならない
* 日本相撲協会
* 撲殺
* 相撲字
* 打撲傷
* 相撲甚句
* 相撲部屋
* 相撲文字
* 国際相撲連盟
* 日本相撲連盟
* 相撲庭
* 撲天鵬
* 撲風

## Korean
### Hanja

撲 • (bak, bok) (hangeul 박, 복)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

撲: Hán Nôm readings: vục, buộc, phác, phốc, vọc
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#### References

* Nom Foundation