蔀

蔀 U+8500, 蔀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8500 ← 蓿 [U+84FF] CJK Unified Ideographs 蔁 → [U+8501]

Translingual

Han character

蔀 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜口中 (TYRL), four-corner 4462₇, composition ⿱艹部)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1053, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31748
• Dae Jaweon: page 1515, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3268, character 11
• Unihan data for U+8500

Chinese

trad.		蔀
simp. #		蔀

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
部	*boːʔ, *boːʔ, *boːʔ, *boːʔ
蔀	*pʰoːʔ, *boːʔ
篰	*boːʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bù (bu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶

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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: bou⁶
    • Yale: bouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: buwX, phuwX

Rime
Character	蔀	蔀
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	蒲口切	普后切
Baxter	buwX	phuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bəuX/	/pʰəuX/
Pan Wuyun	/bəuX/	/pʰəuX/
Shao Rongfen	/bəuX/	/pʰəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bəwX/	/pʰəwX/
Li Rong	/buX/	/pʰuX/
Wang Li	/bəuX/	/pʰəuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱə̯uX/	/pʰə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bòu	pǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bau6	pau2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰoːʔ/, /*boːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蔀	蔀
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1054	1057
Phonetic component	部	部
Rime group	侯	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	剖	部
Old Chinese	/*pʰoːʔ/	/*boːʔ/
Notes		《易》與鬥葉

Definitions

蔀

1. (literary) straw mat
2. (literary) to shade; to cover; to screen
3. (Chinese astronomy) the cycle of 76 years (approximate common multiple for the synodic month and tropical year, similar to the Callippic cycle)

   • 十九歲為一章。四章為一蔀，七十六歲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     十九岁为一章。四章为一蔀，七十六岁。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. early 3rd century, Zhao Shuang (趙爽), editor. Zhoubi Suanjing (《周髀算經》)

     Shíjiǔ suì wéi yī zhāng. Sì zhāng wèi yī bù, qīshíliù suì. [Pinyin]

     [The cycle of] nineteen years constitute one zhang. Four zhang make one bu, which is seventy-six years.

Compounds

• 蔀屋
• 蔀法
• 蔀首

 

Japanese

Kanji

蔀

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぶ (bu)
• Kan-on: ほう (hō)
• Kun: しとみ (shitomi)

Proper noun

蔀(しとみ) • (Shitomi) 

1. a surname

Korean

Hanja

蔀 (eum 부 (bu))

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