勃

See also: 艴

勃 U+52C3, 勃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52C3 ← 勂 [U+52C2] CJK Unified Ideographs 勄 → [U+52C4]

Translingual

Han character

勃 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十木大尸 (JDKS), four-corner 4442₇, composition ⿰孛力)

Derived characters

• 𠷺, 𡍧, 𭚺, 𰑰, 渤, 𤊹, 𦂿, 𮛱, 葧, 愂, 𭵉

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 147, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2351
• Dae Jaweon: page 332, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 370, character 15
• Unihan data for U+52C3

Chinese

simp. and trad.		勃
2nd round simp.		孛
alternative forms		㪍 孛 渤 㔜 茀

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 勃
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
誖	*pɯːds, *bɯːds, *bɯːd
悖	*bɯːds, *bɯːd
孛	*bɯːds, *bɯːd
哱	*pʰɯːd
馞	*pʰɯːd, *bɯːd
勃	*bɯːd
餑	*bɯːd
郣	*bɯːd
浡	*bɯːd
桲	*bɯːd
挬	*bɯːd
脖	*bɯːd
鵓	*bɯːd
渤	*bɯːd
綍	*pɯd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *bɯːd) : phonetic 孛 (OC *bɯːds, *bɯːd, “power”) + semantic 力.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bó (bo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bo²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): but⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): bot⁵

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): phut

  (Meixian, Guangdong): pud⁶

• Jin (Wiktionary): beh⁵
• Northern Min (KCR): bŏ̤
• Eastern Min (BUC): buŏk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pu̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): buag⁸ / buêg⁸

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸beq
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): pu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bó
    • Wade–Giles: po²
    • Yale: bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor
    • Palladius: бо (bo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: bo²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /po²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: but⁶
    • Yale: buht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: but⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːt̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: bot⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pᵘɔt̚³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phut
    • Hakka Romanization System: pud^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pud⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰut̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pud⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰut̚⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: beh⁵
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /pəʔ⁵⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bŏ̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔ²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: buŏk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puoʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pu̍t
    • Tâi-lô: pu̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: put
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: buag⁸ / buêg⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pua̍k / pue̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puak̚⁴/, /puek̚⁴/

Note: buêg8 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸beq
    • MiniDict: beh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵beq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bəʔ¹²/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: pu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu²⁴/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 勃
Mandarin	Beijing	/po³⁵/
	Harbin	/pɤ⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/po⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/pə²¹³/
	Qingdao	/pə⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/po²⁴/
	Xi'an	/po²¹/
	Xining	/pʰɔ⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/puə¹³/
	Lanzhou	/pə⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/pɤ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/pʰu²¹³/
	Chengdu	/po³¹/
	Guiyang	/pʰo²¹/
	Kunming	/pʰu³¹/
	Nanjing	/poʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/pʰəʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/pəʔ⁵⁴/
	Pingyao	/pʌʔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/pəʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/bəʔ¹/
	Suzhou	/bəʔ³/
	Hangzhou	/bəʔ²/
	Wenzhou	/bø²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/pʰɔʔ²¹/
	Tunxi	/po⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/pʰu²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/pʰu²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/pʰut̚⁵/
	Taoyuan	/pʰut̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/put̚²/
	Nanning	/put̚²²/
	Hong Kong	/put̚²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/put̚⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/puoʔ⁵/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/pɔ²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/puak̚⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/fut̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: bwot

Rime
Character	勃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	沒 (56)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蒲没切
Baxter	bwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buət̚/
Pan Wuyun	/buot̚/
Shao Rongfen	/buət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bwət̚/
Li Rong	/buət̚/
Wang Li	/buət̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱuət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	but6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤut/

  (Zhengzhang): /*bɯːd/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	勃
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bó
Middle Chinese	‹ bwot ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ˁut/
English	confused
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	勃
Reading #	1/1
No.	974
Phonetic component	孛
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	勃
Old Chinese	/*bɯːd/

Definitions

勃

1. exuberant; flourishing; vigorous
2. suddenly (changing countenance)
3. to push; to drive; to surge
4. (obsolete) fine powder

Compounds

• 勃勃 (bóbó)
• 勃喇喇
• 勃如
• 勃律 (Bólǜ)
• 勃朗峰 (Bólǎng Fēng)
• 勃朗特
• 勃朗運動 / 勃朗运动 (Bólǎng yùndòng)
• 勃極烈 / 勃极烈
• 勃浪鼓
• 勃滃
• 勃然 (bórán)
• 勃然作色
• 勃然大怒 (bórándànù)
• 勃然色變 / 勃然色变
• 勃然變色 / 勃然变色
• 勃發 / 勃发 (bófā)
• 勃窣
• 勃興 / 勃兴 (bóxīng)
• 勃谿
• 勃起 (bóqǐ)
• 勃起功能障礙 / 勃起功能障碍 (bóqǐ gōngnéng zhàng'ài)
• 勃露斯
• 勃騰 / 勃腾
• 勃騰騰 / 勃腾腾
• 勃鬱 / 勃郁
• 咆勃
• 噴勃 / 喷勃
• 婦姑勃谿 / 妇姑勃谿
• 朝氣勃勃 / 朝气勃勃 (zhāoqìbóbó)
• 朝氣蓬勃 / 朝气蓬勃 (zhāoqìpéngbó)
• 氣勃勃 / 气勃勃
• 激勃素
• 牛溲馬勃 / 牛溲马勃
• 生機勃勃 / 生机勃勃 (shēngjībóbó)
• 生氣勃勃 / 生气勃勃 (shēngqìbóbó)
• 生氣蓬勃 / 生气蓬勃 (shēngqìpéngbó)
• 興致勃勃 / 兴致勃勃 (xìngzhìbóbó)
• 興致勃發 / 兴致勃发
• 苾勃 (bìbó)
• 英氣勃勃 / 英气勃勃
• 蓊勃
• 蓬勃 (péngbó)
• 蓬蓬勃勃 (péngpéngbóbó)
• 野心勃勃 (yěxīnbóbó)
• 阿勃勒
• 雄心勃勃 (xióngxīnbóbó)
• 馬勃 / 马勃 (mǎbó)
• 馬勃牛溲 / 马勃牛溲
• 鬱勃 / 郁勃 (yùbó)

 

Japanese

Kanji

勃

(Jōyō kanji)

1. suddenness, something that happens suddenly
2. rise
3. Short for 勃牙利 (Burugaria, “Bulgaria”).

Readings

• Go-on: ぼち (bochi)^{←ぼち (boti, historical)}
• Kan-on: ほつ (hotsu)^{←ほつ (fotu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: ぼつ (botsu, Jōyō)
• Kun: おこる (okoru, 勃る)、たつ (tatsu, 勃つ)、にわかに (niwakani, 勃かに)
• Nanori: ひら (hira)、ひろ (hiro)

Compounds

• 勃(ぼつ)鬱(うつ) (botsūtsu)
• 勃(ぼつ)焉(えん) (botsuen)
• 勃(ぼっ)海(かい) (bokkai)
• 勃(ぼっ)起(き) (bokki)
• 勃(ぼっ)興(こう) (bokkō)
• 勃(ぼつ)爾(じ) (botsuji)
• 勃(ぼつ)如(じょ) (botsujo) (孛(ぼつ)如(じょ))
• 勃(ぼっ)振(しん) (bosshin)
• 勃(ぼつ)然(ぜん) (botsuzen)
• 勃(ぼっ)窣(そつ) (bossotsu)
• 勃(ぼっ)発(ぱつ) (boppatsu)
• 勃(ぼつ)勃(ぼつ) (botsubotsu)
• 勃(ぼつ)乱(らん) (botsuran)
• 鬱(うつ)勃(ぼつ) (utsubotsu)
• 王(おう)勃(ぼつ) (ōbotsu)
• 蓊(おう)勃(ぼつ) (ōbotsu)
• 蓬(ほう)勃(ぼつ) (hōbotsu)

 

Korean

Hanja

勃 (eumhun 노할 발 (nohal bal))

1. hanja form^? of 발 (“rise”)

Compounds

• 발발 (勃發, balbal, “breaking out suddenly”)
• 발기 (勃起, balgi)

Vietnamese

Han character

勃: Hán Nôm readings: bột

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