潑

See also: 泼 and 溌

潑 U+6F51, 潑 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 3214₇, 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

trad.		潑
simp.		泼
alternative forms		𣸍

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (發) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	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 (po¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): put³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): phat

  (Meixian, Guangdong): pad⁵

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): pua⁵ / puah⁶ / puoh⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phoah / phoat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pō
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: po
    • Wade–Giles: pʻo¹
    • Yale: pwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: po
    • Palladius: по (po)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: put³
    • Yale: put
    • Cantonese Pinyin: put⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: pud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phat
    • Hakka Romanization System: pad^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰat̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰat̚¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: pua⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰua²¹/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: puah⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuaʔ¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: puoh⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuoʔ²/

Note:

• pua5 - vernacular;
• puah6/puoh6 - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phoah / phoat
    • Tâi-lô: phuah / phuat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoaq, phoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰuaʔ³²/, /pʰuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰuaʔ⁵/, /pʰuat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰuaʔ³²/, /pʰuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰuaʔ³²/, /pʰuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰuaʔ³²/, /pʰuat̚³²/

Note:

• phoah - vernacular (“to pour; to splatter; to fan; spell”);
• phoat - literary.

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• 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	put3

• 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

1. to pour; to splash
2. to submerge; to drown
3. to brew (tea); to make (tea)
4. ^† wild and unreasonable
5. ^† fierce and bold
6. ^† bad; poor
7. (Hokkien, intransitive) to splatter; to splash
8. (Xiamen Hokkien) to fan
9. (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 (bo¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bō
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bo
    • Wade–Giles: po¹
    • Yale: bwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bo
    • Palladius: бо (bo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

Definitions

潑

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

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	溌
Kyūjitai	潑

Kanji

潑

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 溌)

1. pour
2. splash
3. water
4. sprinkle
5. violent
6. malignant

Readings

• Go-on: はち (hachi)^{←はち (fati, historical)}
• Kan-on: はつ (hatsu)^{←はつ (fatu, historical)}
• 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.

Japanese terms with 潑 replaced by daiyōji 発

活発

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))

1. sprinkle water
2. fierce

Vietnamese

Han character

潑: Hán Nôm readings: bát

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