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

渤𦂿愂葧

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

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 Meinong)
  - 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/

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/
Hui	Tunxi	/po⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/pʰu²⁴/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/pʰu²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/pʰut̚⁵/
Hakka	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/

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/
Bernard 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

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

勃

(Jōyō kanji)

suddenness, something that happens suddenly
rise
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

Korean

Hanja

勃 (eumhun 노할 발 (nohal bal))

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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