樸

See also: 朴

樸 U+6A38, 樸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6A38 ← 樷 [U+6A37] CJK Unified Ideographs 樹 → [U+6A39]

Translingual

Han character

樸 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 木廿金人 (DTCO), four-corner 4293₄, composition ⿰木菐)

Derived characters

• 𡃾, 𤒊

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 551, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15495
• Dae Jaweon: page 940, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1291, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6A38

Chinese

trad.		樸
simp.		朴*

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Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
樸	*baː, *pʰroːɡ, *poːɡ, *boːɡ
璞	*pʰroːɡ
墣	*pʰroːɡ, *pʰoːɡ
撲	*broːɡ, *pʰoːɡ
轐	*poːɡ, *buːɡ
獛	*poːɡ
蹼	*poːɡ
襆	*poːɡ, *boɡ
濮	*poːɡ
纀	*poːɡ
醭	*pʰoːɡ
僕	*boːɡ, *buːɡ
菐	*boːɡ, *puɡ
穙	*boːɡ
鏷	*buːɡ
幞	*boɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *baː, *pʰroːɡ, *poːɡ, *boːɡ): semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 菐 (OC *boːɡ, *puɡ).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pǔ, pú

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˇ, ㄆㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pok³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phoh / phok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • 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, Taiwan)⁺
    • 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: pok³
    • Yale: pok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: pog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phoh / phok
    • Tâi-lô: phoh / phok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoiq, phog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰoʔ³²/, /pʰɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰoʔ⁵/, /pʰɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰoʔ³²/, /pʰɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰoʔ³²/, /pʰɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤʔ³²/, /pʰɔk̚³²/

Note: phoh - vernacular, phok - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: phaewk

Rime
Character	樸
Reading #	4/4
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	匹角切
Baxter	phaewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/pʰɔk̚/
Wang Li	/pʰɔk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	po
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pok3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pʰˤrok/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰroːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	樸
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ phæwk ›
Old Chinese	/*pʰˁrok/
English	unworked wood
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	樸
Reading #	2/4
No.	9881
Phonetic component	菐
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	璞
Old Chinese	/*pʰroːɡ/

Definitions

樸

1. simple; plain; rough; unpolished
2. sincere; honest

Compounds

• 儉樸 / 俭朴 (jiǎnpǔ)
• 反樸 / 反朴
• 古樸 / 古朴 (gǔpǔ)
• 抱樸 / 抱朴
• 拙樸 / 拙朴
• 抱素懷樸 / 抱素怀朴
• 敦樸 / 敦朴
• 斫雕為樸 / 斫雕为朴
• 斲琱為樸 / 斲雕为朴
• 斲雕為樸 / 斲雕为朴
• 樸厚 / 朴厚
• 樸學 / 朴学
• 樸實 / 朴实 (pǔshí)
• 樸實無華 / 朴实无华 (pǔshíwúhuá)
• 樸實頭 / 朴实头
• 樸拙 / 朴拙
• 樸父 / 朴父
• 樸直 / 朴直 (pǔzhí)
• 樸素 / 朴素 (pǔsù)
• 樸素無華 / 朴素无华
• 樸訥 / 朴讷
• 樸訥誠篤 / 朴讷诚笃
• 樸質 / 朴质 (pǔzhì)
• 樸質無華 / 朴质无华
• 樸鄙 / 朴鄙
• 樸重 / 朴重
• 樸野 / 朴野
• 樸鈍 / 朴钝
• 樸陋 / 朴陋
• 樸馬 / 朴马
• 樸魯 / 朴鲁
• 淳樸 / 淳朴 (chúnpǔ)
• 渾樸 / 浑朴 (húnpǔ)
• 渾樸自然 / 浑朴自然
• 簡樸 / 简朴 (jiǎnpǔ)
• 純樸 / 纯朴 (chúnpǔ)
• 誠樸 / 诚朴 (chéngpǔ)
• 質樸 / 质朴 (zhìpǔ)
• 還淳反樸 / 还淳反朴
• 還淳返樸 / 还淳返朴
• 郁樸

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pú (pu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): buk⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pho̍h

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• 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: buk⁶
    • Yale: buhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: buk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pho̍h
    • Tâi-lô: pho̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoih
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰoʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰoʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰoʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰoʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤʔ⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: puwk

Rime
Character	樸
Reading #	3/4
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	屋 (3)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	博木切
Baxter	puwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/puk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/puk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/puk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pəwk̚/
Li Rong	/puk̚/
Wang Li	/puk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/puk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	buk1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*poːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	樸
Reading #	3/4
No.	9885
Phonetic component	菐
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	卜
Old Chinese	/*poːɡ/

Definitions

樸

1. (archaic) a kind of oak
2. (archaic) to stick; to adhere

Compounds

• 棫樸 / 棫朴
• 樸屬 / 朴属
• 樸桷 / 朴桷
• 樸椽 / 朴椽
• 樸樕 / 朴樕
• 樸遫 / 朴遫

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pú (pu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁴

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• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: bu

Rime
Character	樸
Reading #	1/4
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

  (Zhengzhang): /*baː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	樸
Reading #	1/4
No.	9879
Phonetic component	菐
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	酺
Old Chinese	/*baː/

Definitions

樸

1. only used in 樸𠟼／朴𠟼

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bú (bu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): buk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bú
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bú
    • Wade–Giles: pu²
    • Yale: bú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bwu
    • Palladius: бу (bu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: buk⁶
    • Yale: buhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: buk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʊk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: buwk

Rime
Character	樸
Reading #	2/4
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	屋 (3)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蒲木切
Baxter	buwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/buk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/buk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bəwk̚/
Li Rong	/buk̚/
Wang Li	/buk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱuk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	buk6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*boːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	樸
Reading #	4/4
No.	9894
Phonetic component	菐
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	暴
Old Chinese	/*boːɡ/

Definitions

樸

1. (historical dictionaries only) dense (of trees)

References

• “Query for 樸”, in 臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Kanji

樸

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. unworked wood, bark of a tree
2. sincere, honest

Readings

• Go-on: ほく (hoku)、ぼく (boku)
• Kan-on: はく (haku)、ほく (hoku)
• Kan’yō-on: ぼく (boku)
• Kun: きじ (kiji)、あらき (araki)、すなお (sunao)
• Nanori: しらき (shiraki)

Korean

Hanja

樸 • (bok, bak) (hangeul 복, 박, revised bok, bak, McCune–Reischauer pok, pak, Yale pok, pak)

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Vietnamese

Han character

樸: Hán Nôm readings: phác, bốc

1. sharpen, peel
2. rough, crude