朴

朴 (radical 75, 木+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 木卜 (DY), four-corner 4390₀, composition ⿰木卜)

• 𠡙, 𠧭, 烞, 𬇑

• KangXi: page 510, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14428
• Dae Jaweon: page 894, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1154, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6734

Historical forms of the character 朴
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *pʰroːɡ) : semantic 木 + phonetic 卜 (OC *poːɡ).

Officially adopted as the simplified form of 樸 (etymology 4) in the Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (《漢字簡化方案》) in 1956.

朴

1. ^† bark of a tree
2. Chinese hackberry (Celtis sinensis)

朴

1. ^† big
2. ^† big timber
3. ^† rat meat which has not been air-dried

   • 鄭人謂玉未理者璞，周人謂鼠未腊者朴。周人懷朴，過鄭賈曰：「欲買朴乎？」鄭賈曰：「欲之。」出其朴，視之，乃鼠也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     郑人谓玉未理者璞，周人谓鼠未腊者朴。周人怀朴，过郑贾曰：“欲买朴乎？”郑贾曰：“欲之。”出其朴，视之，乃鼠也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE

     Zhèng rén wèi yù wèi lǐ zhě pú, zhōu rén wèi shǔ wèi là zhě pǔ. Zhōu rén huái pǔ, guò zhèng jiǎ yuē: “Yù mǎi pǔ hū?” Zhèng jiǎ yuē: “Yù zhī.” Chū qí pǔ, shì zhī, nǎi shǔ yě. [Pinyin]

     The people from the state of Zheng gave the name 璞 (pú) for unrefined jade that is not yet carved or polished while the people from the state of Zhou gave the name 朴 (pǔ) for rat meat which has not been air-dried.
     A man from Zhou holding 朴 (pǔ) went to see a businessman in Zheng and asked, "Do you want to buy some 朴 (pǔ)?". The businessman replied, "Yes, I would like to". The man from Zhou held out his 朴 (pǔ). The businessman saw that it was a rat.

朴

1. A historical surname used by the Yi (夷) people.

   • 九月，巴七姓夷王朴胡、賨邑侯杜濩舉巴夷、賨民來附，於是分巴郡，以胡爲巴東太守，濩為巴西太守， [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     九月，巴七姓夷王朴胡、賨邑侯杜濩举巴夷、賨民来附，于是分巴郡，以胡为巴东太守，濩为巴西太守， [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3^rd century CE

     jiǔyuè, bā qī xìng yí wáng Púhú, cóng yìhóu Dùhuò jǔ bā yí, cóng mín láifù, yúshì fēn bā jùn, yǐ Hú wéi bā dōng tàishǒu, Huò wèi bā xī tàishǒu, [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

朴

1. A surname​.

朴

1. (historical) Only used in 朴刀 (pōdāo, “ancient sword with a long blade and a short hilt”).

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

• Go-on: ほく (hoku)
• Kan-on: はく (haku)
• Kan’yō-on: ぼく (boku, Jōyō)
• Kun: ほお (hō, 朴); ほう (hō, 朴)

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ほ​お [hóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ho̞ː]

• 厚朴

朴 (hiragana ほお, rōmaji hō, historical hiragana ほほ)

1. Japanese bigleaf magnolia

• 朴 (ほお)の木 (き) (hōnoki), 厚朴 (こうぼく) (kōboku), 朴柏 (ほおがしわ) (hōgashiwa)

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) えのき [ènókí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [e̞no̞kʲi]

• 榎

朴 (hiragana えのき, katakana エノキ, rōmaji enoki)

1. Chinese hackberry

朴 • (bak)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 박 (revised: bak, McCune–Reischauer: pak, Yale: pak)
  • Name (hangeul): 후박나무

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朴 (phắc, phác, vóc)

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