匍

匍	U+530D, 匍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-530D

← 匌
[U+530C]

CJK Unified Ideographs

匎 →
[U+530E]

Translingual

Han character

匍 (Kangxi radical 20, 勹+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 心戈十月 (PIJB), four-corner 2722₀, composition ⿹勹甫)

Derived characters

𮛻, 葡

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 151, character 17
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2527
Dae Jaweon: page 340, character 23
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 259, character 4
Unihan data for U+530D

Chinese

simp. and trad.		匍

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 匍
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
豧	pʰoːs, pʰa, *pʰas
縛	baːɡs, baɡ
逋	*paː
餔	paː, baːs
晡	*paː
庯	*paː
陠	paː, pʰaː
鵏	paː, baːs
峬	*paː
誧	paː, pʰaː, pʰaːʔ, pʰaːs
秿	paː, pʰa, *baʔ
鯆	paː, pʰaː, *paʔ
補	*paːʔ
圃	paːʔ, paːs
鋪	pʰaː, pʰaːs, *pʰa
痡	pʰaː, pʰa
浦	*pʰaːʔ
烳	*pʰaːʔ
溥	pʰaːʔ, paːɡ
悑	*pʰaːs
酺	*baː
匍	*baː
蜅	baː, paʔ
脯	baː, paʔ
葡	*baː
蒱	*baː
蒲	*baː
簿	baːʔ, baːɡ
捕	*baːs
哺	*baːs
簠	pa, paʔ, *pʰas
甫	*paʔ
黼	*paʔ
莆	*paʔ
俌	paʔ, pʰaʔ
郙	paʔ, pʰa
傅	*paɡs
搏	paɡs, paːɡ, *pʰaːɡ
麱	*pʰa
尃	*pʰa
榑	*ba
輔	*baʔ
鬴	*baʔ
賻	*baɡs
博	*paːɡ
髆	*paːɡ
鎛	*paːɡ
猼	*paːɡ
餺	*paːɡ
簙	*paːɡ
鑮	paːɡ, baːɡ
欂	paːɡ, baɡ, *breːɡ
蒪	*pʰaːɡ
膊	*pʰaːɡ
薄	*baːɡ
礡	*baːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *baː): semantic 勹 + phonetic 甫 (OC *paʔ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pú (pu²)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phô͘ / pô͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pú
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pú
  - Wade–Giles: pʻu²
  - Yale: pú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pwu
  - Palladius: пу (pu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: pou⁴
  - Yale: pòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phô͘
  - Tâi-lô: phôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoo
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /pʰɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔ¹³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pô͘
  - Tâi-lô: pôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pɔ²⁴/

Middle Chinese: bu

Rime
Character	匍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	薄胡切
Baxter	bu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buo/
Pan Wuyun	/buo/
Shao Rongfen	/bo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bɔ/
Li Rong	/bo/
Wang Li	/bu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pou⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤa/

(Zhengzhang): /*baː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	匍
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pú
Middle Chinese	‹ bu ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ˁa/
English	crawl
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	匍
Reading #	1/1
No.	3436
Phonetic component	甫
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	酺
Old Chinese	/*baː/

Definitions

匍

only used in 匍匐 (púfú)

Compounds

匍伏 (púfú)
匍匐 (púfú)
匍匐之救
匍匐前進 / 匍匐前进
匍匐奔喪 / 匍匐奔丧
匍匐莖 / 匍匐茎 (púfújīng)
壽陵匍匐 / 寿陵匍匐
扶匐 (púfú)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 匍 – see 撫 (“to stroke; to caress; to pat; to strike; to clap; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 撫).

Japanese

Kanji

匍

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): ほ (ho)
Kun: はう (hau)

Korean

Hanja

匍 (eum 포 (po))

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Vietnamese

Han character

匍: Hán Nôm readings: bò

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