衭

衭 U+886D, 衭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-886D ← 衬 [U+886C] CJK Unified Ideographs 衮 → [U+886E]

Translingual

Han character

衭 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中手人 (LQO), four-corner 3523₀, composition ⿰衤夫)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1112, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34119
• Dae Jaweon: page 1577, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3077, character 10
• Unihan data for U+886D

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
趺	*pa
肤	*pa
邞	*pa
鈇	*pa
衭	*pa
玞	*pa
夫	*pa, *ba
鳺	*pa
扶	*pa, *ba
妋	*pa, *qu
麩	*pʰa
蚨	*ba
芙	*ba
颫	*ba
枎	*ba

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pa): semantic 衣 (“clothes”) + phonetic 夫 (OC *pa, *ba).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		衭

Pronunciation

• 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: pju

Rime
Character	衭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	甫無切
Baxter	pju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/pio/
Shao Rongfen	/pio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puə̆/
Li Rong	/pio/
Wang Li	/pĭu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pa/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	衭
Reading #	1/1
No.	3272
Phonetic component	夫
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	跗
Old Chinese	/*pa/

Definitions

衭

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) front part of a top garment

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 衭 – see 褲 (“pants; trousers”). (This character is the former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified and variant form of 褲).

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