攴

See also: 支 and 攵

攴 U+6534, 攴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6534 ← 攳 [U+6533] CJK Unified Ideographs 攵 → [U+6535]

⽁ U+2F41, ⽁ KANGXI RADICAL RAP ← ⽀ [U+2F40] Kangxi Radicals ⽂ → [U+2F42]

Translingual

Stroke order

Alternative forms

• 攵 (sometimes used as a right Chinese radical)

Han character

攴 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 卜水 (YE), four-corner 2140₇, composition ⿱⺊又)

1. Kangxi radical #66, ⽁.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/攴
• 𠆸, 𭇅, 𪢺, 𪥩, 𡵨, 𢁵, 㢭, 𫹏, 𢪊, 𣲏, 𬨞, 𣏽, 𭭛, 𣧏, 𤆝, 𤕝, 𤘴, 㺳, 𤽐, 𥾲, 𦔼, 𦤺, 𦨗, 𧣀, 𬢟, 䜴, 𨈙, 軙, 𨠃, 鈙, 𩉲, 𫣇, 鼔, 𬳩, 𫶰, 𢿆, 𮫱, 𪎘, 𪌏, 𣽠, 𩐅, 𪔿, 𡁁, 𪗡, 𧔅, 𡔋
• 𥽤, 𠓠, 𠓥, 𡰵, 𢇮, 𤼧, 𥄎, 冦, 寇

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 468, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13108
• Dae Jaweon: page 815, character 33
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1447, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6534

Chinese

simp. and trad.		攴
alternative forms		攵 䇚 𢪊

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 攴
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
仆	*pʰoːɡs, *pʰus, *pʰoɡs, *bɯːɡ, *pʰoːɡ
赴	*pʰoɡs
訃	*pʰoɡs
朴	*pʰroːɡ
圤	*pʰroːɡ
卜	*poːɡ
鳪	*poːɡ
扑	*pʰoːɡ
攴	*pʰoːɡ, *pʰroːɡ

Originally a pictogram (象形) or ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : a hand (又) holding a tool of some sort (possibly a weapon or whip), meaning “to hit”. Also phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pʰoːɡ, *pʰroːɡ) : phonetic 卜 (OC *poːɡ) + semantic 又 (“hand”). Today, the character is mostly stylized except in some archaic variants.

Similar but unrelated to 支, 伊, and 父. The stylized version is unrelated to 囱 (> 窗) and 文.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pū (pu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bok¹ / pok³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phuk / phok
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pū
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pu
    • Wade–Giles: pʻu¹
    • Yale: pū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pu
    • Palladius: пу (pu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bok¹ / pok³
    • Yale: bōk / pok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁷ / pok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bog¹ / pog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚⁵/, /pʰɔːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phuk / phok
    • Hakka Romanization System: pug^ˋ / pog^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pug⁵ / pog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰuk̚²/, /pʰok̚²/
• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: phuwk, phaewk

Rime
Character	攴	攴
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	屋 (3)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	普木切	匹角切
Baxter	phuwk	phaewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰuk̚/	/pʰˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰuk̚/	/pʰᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰuk̚/	/pʰɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰəwk̚/	/pʰaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/pʰuk̚/	/pʰɔk̚/
Wang Li	/pʰuk̚/	/pʰɔk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰuk̚/	/pʰɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pu	po
Expected Cantonese Reflex	puk1	pok3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰoːɡ/, /*pʰroːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	攴	攴
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1001	9878
Phonetic component	卜	攴
Rime group	屋	屋
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	扑	璞
Old Chinese	/*pʰoːɡ/	/*pʰroːɡ/

Definitions

攴

1. to hit lightly; to tap

Usage notes

When used as a component in other characters, 攴 can be referred to as 敲字邊／敲字边 (qiāozìbiān).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C04551
• “攴”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

攴

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to strike; to hit
2. folding chair

Readings

• On (unclassified): ほく (hoku)、はく (haku)
• Kun: うつ (utsu)

Korean

Hanja

攴 (eumhun 칠 복 (chil bok))

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References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary

Vietnamese

Han character

攴: Hán Nôm readings: phộc

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References

• Nom Foundation