Hanja Analyzer
仆

仆 — bu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
엎드릴 부
Romanization
bu
English
fall forward; lie prostrate, prone; servant
Mandarin
pū
Japanese on'yomi
フ, ホク
Japanese kun'yomi
たお.れる
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
4
Radical
人 (9, 2 residual)
Phonetic component
卜
Unicode
U+4EC6

Parts that make up 仆

  • 亻 사람 인variant of 人 옆에서 본 사람사람과 사람이 하는 일, 사람의 됨됨이
  • 卜 점 복sound 불에 갈라진 거북등점치는 일. ‘복’ 계열의 소리

How 仆 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 仆 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 人, 卜.

Japanese words with 仆

  • 斃仆へいふ falling dead; perishing; dying

Characters sharing the phonetic 卜

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “부”

Other hanja with radical 人

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