薄

薄 U+8584, 薄
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8584
← 薃
[U+8583] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 薅 →
[U+8585]

Translingual

Han character

薄 (radical 140, 艸+13, 16 (Japan, Mainland), 17 (Hong Kong, Taiwan) strokes, cangjie input 廿水戈戈 (TEII), four-corner 44146, composition ⿱艹溥)

References
  • KangXi: page 1060, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32083
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1523, character 40
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3307, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+8584

Chinese
trad. 薄
simp. # 薄

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (甫) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
豧 *pʰoːs, *pʰa, *pʰas
縛 *baːɡs, *baɡ
逋 *paː
餔 *paː, *baːs
晡 *paː
庯 *paː
陠 *paː, *pʰaː
鵏 *paː, *baːs
峬 *paː
誧 *paː, *pʰaː, *pʰaːʔ, *pʰaːs
秿 *paː, *pʰa, *baʔ
鯆 *paː, *pʰaː, *paʔ
補 *paːʔ
圃 *paːʔ, *paːs
鋪 *pʰaː, *pʰaːs, *pʰa
痡 *pʰaː, *pʰa
浦 *pʰaːʔ
烳 *pʰaːʔ
溥 *pʰaːʔ, *paːɡ
悑 *pʰaːs
酺 *baː
匍 *baː
蜅 *baː, *paʔ
脯 *baː, *paʔ
葡 *baː
蒱 *baː
蒲 *baː
簿 *baːʔ, *baːɡ
捕 *baːs
哺 *baːs
簠 *pa, *paʔ, *pʰas
甫 *paʔ
黼 *paʔ
莆 *paʔ
俌 *paʔ, *pʰaʔ
郙 *paʔ, *pʰa
傅 *paɡs
搏 *paɡs, *paːɡ, *pʰaːɡ
麱 *pʰa
尃 *pʰa
榑 *ba
輔 *baʔ
鬴 *baʔ
賻 *baɡs
博 *paːɡ
髆 *paːɡ
鎛 *paːɡ
猼 *paːɡ
餺 *paːɡ
簙 *paːɡ
鑮 *paːɡ, *baːɡ
欂 *paːɡ, *baɡ, *breːɡ
蒪 *pʰaːɡ
膊 *pʰaːɡ
薄 *baːɡ
礡 *baːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *baːɡ) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 溥 (OC *pʰaːʔ, *paːɡ).

Pronunciation 1
Note:
  • bó - literary (“weak, poor, stingy”);
  • báo - vernacular (“thin”);
  • bò - only used in 薄荷.
Note: bik1 - common (but possibly erroneous) pronunciation for “to approach”.
Note:
  • po̍h - vernacular, surname;
  • po̍k - literary.
Note:
  • bêg4 - “to approach”;
  • bo7 - only used in 薄荷.
  • Wu
    • (Shanghainese)
      • Wiktionary: boq (T5); bu (T3)
      • IPA (key): /b̻ʊʔ¹²/, /b̻v̩ʷ²³/
Rime
Character 薄
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 鐸 (104)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 傍各切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /bwɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /bʷɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /buɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /bwak̚/
Li
Rong		 /buɑk̚/
Wang
Li		 /buɑk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /bʱwɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 bó
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 薄
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 bó
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ bak ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[b]ˁak/
English thin

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 薄
Reading # 1/1
No. 3487
Phonetic
component		 甫
Rime
group		 鐸
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 泊
Old
Chinese		 /*baːɡ/

Definitions

薄

  1. thin; slight; weak
  2. poor; stingy
  3. Alternative form of 亳 (Bó, “capital of Yin”).
  4. to approach. e.g. 日薄西山
  5. A surname​.
Antonyms
  • 厚 (hòu, “thick”)
See also

Compounds
Derived terms from 薄

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

薄

  1. Only used in 蓾薄.

References

Japanese

Kanji
薄

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. thin, weak, sparse
  2. dilute
  3. weak (tea)

Readings

Compounds

References
  • New Nelson: 5225
  • Halpern: 2370
  • Halpern Learners: 1534
  • Heisig: 227
  • Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 3k13.11
  1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

Pronunciation

Noun

薄 (katakana ススキ, rōmaji susuki)

  1. Miscanthus sinensis a.k.a. Zebra Grass

Proper noun

薄 (hiragana すすき, rōmaji Susuki)

  1. A female given name.

Prefix

薄 (hiragana うす, rōmaji usu-)

  1. light (pink etc.)

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

薄 • (bak) (hangeul 박)

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Vietnamese

Han character

薄 (bạc)

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