# 亳

| 亳 | U+4EB3, &#20147; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EB3 |
| ← 亲 [U+4EB2] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 亴 → [U+4EB4] |

## Translingual
### Han character

亳 (Kangxi radical 8, 亠+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜口月心 (YRBP), four-corner 0071$_4$, composition ⿱⿳亠口冖乇)

#### Derived characters

* 𪯒

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 89, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 312
* Dae Jaweon: page 188, character 23
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 287, character 9
* Unihan data for U+4EB3

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 亳 :
| Shang | Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Qin slip script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| Oracle bone scriptj13452j13453j13454j13455j13456j13457j13458Bronze inscriptionsb08277b08278b08279Small seal scripts03825Transcribed ancient scriptsL38066L38067 |||||||
| References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script). |||||||
| | Old Chinese |
| 咤 | *ʔr'aː, *ʔr'aːɡs |
| 吒 | *ʔr'aːɡs |
| 灹 | *ʔr'aːɡs |
| 矺 | *ʔr'aːɡs, *ʔl'aːb, *ʔl'aːɡ, *l̥ʰaːɡ, *ʔr'eːɡ |
| 奼 | *ʔr'aːɡs, *hr'aːʔ, *ʔl'aːɡs |
| 侘 | *hr'aː, *hr'aːɡs |
| 詫 | *hr'aːɡs |
| 秅 | *r'aː, *ʔl'aːɡs |
| 秺 | *ʔl'aːɡs |
| 亳 | *blaːɡ |
| 托 | *l̥ʰaːɡ |
| 託 | *l̥ʰaːɡ |
| 魠 | *l̥ʰaːɡ |
| 馲 | *l̥ʰaːɡ, *raːɡ, *ʔr'aːɡ |
| 侂 | *l̥ʰaːɡ |
| 飥 | *l̥ʰaːɡ |
| 仛 | *l'aːɡ |
| 虴 | *pr'aːɡ |
| 杔 | *ʔr'aːɡ |
| 乇 | *ʔr'aːɡ |
| 宅 | *r'aːɡ |
| 厇 | *ʔr'eːɡ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bó (bo$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bok$^3$ / bok$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$boq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Bó
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bó
*** Wade–Giles: po$^2$
*** Yale: bwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor
*** Palladius: бо (bo)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu̯ɔ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bok$^3$ / bok$^6$
*** Yale: bok / bohk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bok$^8$ / bok$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bog$^3$ / bog$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɔːk̚³/, /pɔːk̚²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$boq
*** MiniDict: boh$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$boq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /boʔ¹²/
* Middle Chinese: bak
Rime :
| Character | 亳 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 鐸 (104) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 傍各切 |
| Baxter | bak |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bwɑk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bʷɑk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /buɑk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bwak̚/ |
| Li Rong | /buɑk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /buɑk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱwɑk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bó |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bok$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*blaːɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 亳 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16914 |
| Phonetic component | 乇 |
| Rime group | 鐸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 泊 |
| Old Chinese | /*blaːɡ/ |

### Definitions

亳
* capital of Yin
    See also: 三亳
    alt. forms: 薄
* a district of Chen during the Spring and Autumn period
* Short for 亳州 (Bózhōu, “Bozhou”).
* a surname

### References

* 諸橋轍次 (Morohashi Tetsuji), chief ed. 大漢和辞典 (Dai Kan-Wa Jiten, “Comprehensive Chinese–Japanese Dictionary”). 13 vols. 1955–1960. Revised and enlarged ed. 1984–1986. Tokyo: Taishukan.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: ばく (baku)
* Kan-on: はく (haku)

## Korean
### Hanja

亳 • (bak) (hangeul 박, revised bak, McCune–Reischauer pak)
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