埔

埔 U+57D4, 埔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-57D4 ← 埓 [U+57D3] CJK Unified Ideographs 埕 → [U+57D5]

See also: 埠

Translingual

Han character

埔 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 土戈十月 (GIJB), four-corner 4312₇, composition ⿰土甫)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 230, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5149
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 443, character 7
• Unihan data for U+57D4

Chinese

simp. and trad.		埔

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 甫.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pǔ, bǔ (pu³, bu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˇ, ㄅㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): phû

  (Hailu, HRS): bu^ˋ

• Eastern Min (BUC): buŏ
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bou¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): po͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pǔ
    • Wade–Giles: pʻu³
    • Yale: pǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: puu
    • Palladius: пу (pu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǔ
    • Wade–Giles: pu³
    • Yale: bǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buu
    • Palladius: бу (bu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bou³
    • Yale: bou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phû
    • Hakka Romanization System: pu^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰu²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: bu^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /pu⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: buŏ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puo⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bou¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔu⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔu⁵⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po͘
    • Tâi-lô: poo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pof
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bou¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou³³/

Definitions

埔

1. (Hakka, Southern and Puxian Min) plain; flatland
2. Used in place names.

Compounds

• 三重埔 (Sānchóngpǔ)
• 中埔 (Zhōngpǔ)
• 內埔 / 内埔 (Nèipǔ)
• 公埔
• 北埔 (Běipǔ)
• 國姓埔 / 国姓埔
• 埔姜 (po͘-kiuⁿ)
• 埔姜崙 / 埔姜仑
• 埔姜頭 / 埔姜头
• 埔心 (Pǔxīn)
• 埔秧 (po͘-ng)
• 埔稻
• 埔肘仔 (po͘-tiú-á)
• 埔蘭仔 / 埔兰仔 (po͘-lân-á)
• 埔里 (Pǔlǐ)
• 埔頂 / 埔顶
• 埔鹽 / 埔盐 (Pǔyán)
• 塚仔埔 / 冢仔埔 (thióng-á-po͘)
• 塚埔 / 冢埔
• 墓仔埔 (bāng-á-po͘)
• 外埔 (Wàipǔ)
• 大埔 (Dàpǔ)
• 大埔心
• 大埔林
• 大茅埔
• 平埔 (pîⁿ-po͘)
• 平埔族 (Píngpǔzú)
• 平埔番
• 新埔 (Xīnpǔ)
• 東埔 / 东埔 (Dōngpǔ)
• 東埔蚋溪 / 东埔蚋溪
• 林杞埔
• 沙埔
• 海埔
• 海埔地
• 海埔姜
• 海埔新生地 (hǎipǔ xīnshēngdì)
• 海沙埔
• 溪埔
• 火燒埔 / 火烧埔
• 球埔 (kiû-po͘)
• 草埔 (chháu-po͘)
• 荒埔
• 豆仔埔
• 青埔
• 頂埔 / 顶埔
• 鹹埔 / 咸埔
• 鹽埔 / 盐埔 (Yánpǔ)
• 鹽埕埔 / 盐埕埔

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pǔ (pu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): pu³
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): pou³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phó͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bou¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵phu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pǔ
    • Wade–Giles: pʻu³
    • Yale: pǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: puu
    • Palladius: пу (pu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bou³
    • Yale: bou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pu³
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰu³¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: pou³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: pô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔu⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: pou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔu³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phó͘
    • Tâi-lô: phóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔ⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bou¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵phu
    • MiniDict: phu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²phu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰu³⁴/

Definitions

埔

1. used in 黃埔／黄埔 (Huángpǔ)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bù (bu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): phû

  (Meixian, Guangdong): pu¹

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): bou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bù
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴
    • Yale: bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buh
    • Palladius: бу (bu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bou³
    • Yale: bou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phû
    • Hakka Romanization System: pu^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰu²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰu⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bou¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou³³/

Definitions

埔

1. alternative form of 埠 (“wharf”)
2. Used in place names.
3. (Hong Kong) short for 大埔 (Dàbù, “Tai Po”)

Compounds

• 埔頭 / 埔头
• 大埔

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): po͘

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po͘
    • Tâi-lô: poo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pof
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ⁴⁴/

Definitions

埔

1. used in 查埔 (cha-po͘, “man”)

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pǔ (pu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³ / pou⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phû
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): po͘ / phó͘ / pho͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pǔ
    • Wade–Giles: pʻu³
    • Yale: pǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: puu
    • Palladius: пу (pu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bou³ / pou⁴
    • Yale: bou / pòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou³ / pou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou³ / pou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³/, /pʰou̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phû
    • Hakka Romanization System: pu^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰu²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po͘
    • Tâi-lô: poo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pof
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pɔ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phó͘
    • Tâi-lô: phóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pho͘
    • Tâi-lô: phoo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phof
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔ⁴⁴/

Definitions

埔

1. used in 柬埔寨 (Jiǎnpǔzhài)

Further reading

• “埔”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “埔”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 179.

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 埔

埔

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ほ (ho)
• Kan-on: ほ (ho)

Vietnamese

Han character

埔: Hán Nôm readings: bộ

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