馥

馥	U+99A5, 馥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-99A5

Translingual

Han character

馥 (Kangxi radical 186, 香+9, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹日人日水 (HAOAE), four-corner 2864₇, composition ⿰香复)

Derived characters

𧄦

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1429, character 21
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44545
Dae Jaweon: page 1956, character 11
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4424, character 21
Unihan data for U+99A5

Chinese

trad.		馥
simp. ^#		馥
alternative forms		䫝𪐒𩡘

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
愎	*brɯɡ
鍑	puɡs, puɡ
覆	pʰuɡs, buɡs, pʰɯːɡ, pʰuɡ
復	buɡs, buɡ
椱	buɡs, buɡ
複	buɡs, puɡ
馥	brɯɡ, buɡ
腹	*puɡ
輹	puɡ, buɡ
蝮	*pʰuɡ
蕧	pʰuɡ, buɡ
复	*buɡ
鰒	*buɡ
澓	*buɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *brɯɡ, *buɡ) : semantic 香 (“fragrance”) + phonetic 复 (OC *buɡ).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fù (fu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk¹ / fuk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fù
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fù
  - Wade–Giles: fu⁴
  - Yale: fù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuh
  - Palladius: фу (fu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: fuk¹ / fuk⁶
  - Yale: fūk / fuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁷ / fuk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fug¹ / fug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚⁵/, /fʊk̚²/

Middle Chinese: bjuwk

Rime
Character	馥
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	房六切
Baxter	bjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/biuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/biuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buwk̚/
Li Rong	/biuk̚/
Wang Li	/bĭuk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fuk⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*buɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	馥
Reading #	2/2
No.	3551
Phonetic component	复
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	伏
Old Chinese	/*buɡ/

Definitions

馥

(literary) fragrance; scent; aroma
(literary) fragrant; aromatic

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bì
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴
  - Yale: bì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
  - Palladius: би (bi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: bik

Rime
Character	馥
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	職 (134)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	符逼切
Baxter	bik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/bɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/biek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bik̚/
Li Rong	/biək̚/
Wang Li	/bĭək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bik⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*brɯɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	馥
Reading #	1/2
No.	3542
Phonetic component	复
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	愎
Old Chinese	/*brɯɡ/

Definitions

馥

(onomatopoeia) sound of an arrow striking

References

“馥”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

馥

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

馥 • (bok) (hangeul 복, revised bok, McCune–Reischauer pok, Yale pok)

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Vietnamese

Han character

馥: Hán Nôm readings: phục, phúc, phốc, phức

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