匍

匍 U+530D, 匍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-530D ← 匌 [U+530C] CJK Unified Ideographs 匎 → [U+530E]

Translingual

Han character

匍 (Kangxi radical 20, 勹+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 心戈十月 (PIJB), four-corner 2722₀, composition ⿹勹甫)

Derived characters

• 𮛻, 葡

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 151, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2527
• Dae Jaweon: page 340, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 259, character 4
• Unihan data for U+530D

Chinese

simp. and trad.		匍

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 匍
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

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

A man crawling over a sprout growing on a field to represent the concept of crawling, referred to both people and plants growing on the ground.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pú (pu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phô͘ / pô͘

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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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phô͘
    • Tâi-lô: phôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /pʰɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pô͘
    • Tâi-lô: pôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔ²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: bu

Rime
Character	匍
Reading #	1/1
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

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤa/

  (Zhengzhang): /*baː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	匍
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pú
Middle Chinese	‹ bu ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ˁa/
English	crawl
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	匍
Reading #	1/1
No.	3436
Phonetic component	甫
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	酺
Old Chinese	/*baː/

Definitions

匍

1. Only used in 匍匐 (púfú).

Compounds

• 匍伏 (púfú)
• 匍匐 (púfú)
• 匍匐之救
• 匍匐前進／匍匐前进
• 匍匐奔喪／匍匐奔丧
• 匍匐莖／匍匐茎 (púfújīng)
• 壽陵匍匐／寿陵匍匐
• 扶匐 (púfú)

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 匍 – see 撫 (“to stroke; to caress; to pat; to strike; to clap; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 撫).

Japanese

Kanji

匍

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ほ (ho)
• Kun: はう (hau)

Korean

Hanja

匍 (eum 포 (po))

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Vietnamese

Han character

匍: Hán Nôm readings: bò

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