蔀

蔀 · bù

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
bù
Cantonese
bou6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

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Dictionary definitions & readings

蔀 bù · (literary) to cover; to shelter; (literary) 76 years (unit of time in ancient calendars)

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53268.110:bù Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
029.130:bù Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ホウ ホ ブ しとみ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
부:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
蒲口 普后 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TYRL Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4462.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1053.070 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
325.40 327.10 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0999g' Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8500
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
13
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7487

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
buwX · 蒲口 · 流開一上侯並 · #1957
Middle Chinese
phuwX · 普后 · 流開一上侯滂 · #1966

PHONO-ML, source line 12140; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1163.502
kDaeJaweon
1515.220
kGSR
0999g'
kHanYu
53268.110
kIRGDaeJaweon
1515.220
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53268.110
kIRGKangXi
1053.070
kKangXi
1053.070
kMorohashi
31748:E0102
kSBGY
325.40 327.10
kCangjie
TYRL
kFourCornerCode
4462.7
kMojiJoho
MJ022640 MJ022640:E0101 MJ022641:E0102
kPhonetic
1070
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AJ
kIRG_GSource
G3-6A45
kIRG_HSource
HB2-E74F
kIRG_JSource
J0-3C43
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6F32
kIRG_KSource
K1-6243
kIRG_TSource
T2-5338
kIRG_VSource
V2-8F4E
kRSUnicode
140.11
kTotalStrokes
13
kBigFive
E74F
kCCCII
23244D
kCNS1986
2-5338
kCNS1992
2-5338
kEACC
23244D
kGB3
7437
kJis0
2835
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:7487
kTaiwanTelegraph
5561
kXerox
306:137
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+2287+140.3.11
kCantonese
bou6
kDefinition
screen
kFanqie
蒲口 普后
kHangul
부:1N
kHanyuPinyin
53268.110:bù
kJapanese
ホウ ホ ブ しとみ
kJapaneseKun
SHITOMI
kJapaneseOn
HOU BU
kKorean
PWU
kMandarin
bù
kTGHZ2013
029.130:bù

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 蔀0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
艹 above 部 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿱艹部$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹部$(GHTJKPV)

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