孚

See also: 俘 and 孵

孚 U+5B5A, 孚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B5A ← 孙 [U+5B59] CJK Unified Ideographs 孛 → [U+5B5B]

Translingual

Han character

孚 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 月弓木 (BND), four-corner 2040₇, composition ⿱爫子)

Derived characters

乳 俘 浮 郛 桴 稃 殍 蜉 艀 孵 烰

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 278, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6948
• Dae Jaweon: page 545, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1012, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5B5A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		孚

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 孚
Shang	Western Zhou	Spring and Autumn	Warring States			Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Ancient script	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
殍	*brɯwʔ, *browʔ, *pʰuw
脬	*pʰruː
捊	*bruː, *buw
莩	*browʔ, *pʰuw
哹	*pu, *bu
浮	*bu
蜉	*bu
桴	*bu, *pʰuw
罦	*bu, *pʰuw
琈	*bu
粰	*bu
烰	*bu
艀	*bu
俘	*pʰuw
孚	*pʰuw
孵	*pʰuw
稃	*pʰuw
郛	*pʰuw
筟	*pʰuw

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 爪 (“hand”) + 子 (“child”) – to capture a child. The original form of 俘.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fū (fu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fū
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fu
    • Wade–Giles: fu¹
    • Yale: fū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fu
    • Palladius: фу (fu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fu¹
    • Yale: fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: phju

Rime
Character	孚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	芳無切
Baxter	phju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰio/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰuə̆/
Li Rong	/pʰio/
Wang Li	/pʰĭu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰuw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	孚
Reading #	1/1
No.	3356
Phonetic component	孚
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	敷
Old Chinese	/*pʰuw/

Definitions

孚

1. Original character of 俘 (fú)
2. Original character of 蜉 (fú)
3. alternative form of 孵 (fū)
4. alternative form of 稃 (fū)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fú (fu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fú
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fú
    • Wade–Giles: fu²
    • Yale: fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwu
    • Palladius: фу (fu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fu¹
    • Yale: fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵/

Definitions

孚

1. (literary) to convince; to gain trust

   深孚眾望／深孚众望  ―  shēnfúzhòngwàng  ―  to enjoy great popularity

   • 小信未孚，神弗福也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad. and simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Xiǎoxìn wèi fú, shén fú fú yě. [Pinyin]

     Such paltry faith wins no trust. The gods will not bless you.

2. (literary) trust; confidence

   • 成王之孚、下土之式。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Chéng wáng zhī fú, xiàtǔ zhī shì. [Pinyin]

     He secured the confidence due to a king,
     And became the pattern of all below him.

3. (used in oracle bone) alternative form of 俘 (fú)
4. alternative form of 浮 (fú)
5. alternative form of 莩
6. alternative form of 付 (fù)

Compounds

• 中孚 (zhōngfú)
• 孚乳
• 孚佑
• 孚眾望 / 孚众望
• 情孚意合
• 簡孚 / 简孚
• 美孚油
• 美孚燈 / 美孚灯
• 阮孚蠟屐 / 阮孚蜡屐

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 孚 – see 孵 (“to sit on eggs; to hatch; to incubate”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 孵).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

孚

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. sincere; nourish

Readings

• Go-on: ふ (fu)
• Kan-on: ふ (fu)
• Kun: たまご (tamago, 孚)、はぐくむ (hagukumu, 孚む)
• Nanori: たか (taka)、とおる (tōru)、まこと (makoto)、まさ (masa)

Korean

Hanja

孚 (eum 부 (bu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

孚: Hán Nôm readings: phu, phù

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