仆 · pū
fall forward; lie prostrate, prone; servant
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
fall forward; lie prostrate, prone; servant
- Mandarin
- pū
- Cantonese
- fu6
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 仆 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
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Korean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
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Reading sources explained
- 부
- KS X 1002 (1)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.
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Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+4EC6
- Radical
- 人 · 9
- Strokes
- 4 · Unihan
- Residual
- 2
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
4 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 仆
Character connections
No reverse component match in this collection.
Component roles · attributed
- 卜 sound component · CJKVI analysis
Source analysis · 卜聲
Line 3777 · ⿰亻卜 · 卜聲 · source reference 2872080
Source analyses, kept separate from modern IDS. CJKVI labels are not individually verified historical conclusions. Evidence & limits ↗
History & distinctions
Related forms
僕
Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- phjuH · 芳遇 反切 · #2327
- Middle Chinese
- phjuwH · 敷救 反切 · #3043
- Middle Chinese
- phuwH · 匹候 反切 · #3064
- Middle Chinese
- bok · 蒲北 反切 · #3733
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 13374 · phjuH = 遇合三去虞滂 · phjuwH = 流開三去尤滂 · phuwH = 流開一去侯滂 · bok = 曾開一入登並
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- pū
- kCantonese
- fu6
- kDefinition
- fall forward; lie prostrate, prone; servant
- kTotalStrokes
- 4
- kRSUnicode
- 9.2
- kTraditionalVariant
- U+4EC6 U+50D5
- kSimplifiedVariant
- U+4EC6
- kTGH
- 2013:131
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- pū,pú 10108.030
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- pū 0888.020 · pú 0890.020
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- pū 288.040 · pú 288.090
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- pū粵fu6,puk1
Reference desk
- Fanqie spellings
- 芳遇 敷救 匹候 蒲北
- Kangxi positions
- 0091.140
- Guangyun positions
- 365.37 435.47 438.19 530.27
- GSR references
- 1210g
- Cangjie
- OY
- Four-corner
- 2320.0