布
布 — po, bo
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 베/펼 포, 보시 보
- Romanization
- po, bo
- English
- cotton cloth, textiles, linen
- Mandarin
- bù
- Japanese on'yomi
- フ, ホ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- ぬの し.く きれ
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 5
- Newspaper frequency
- #877 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 巾 (50, 2 residual)
- Unicode
- U+5E03
How 布 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 布 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 父, 巾.
Korean example words with 布
- 황포黃布 Korean gloss: 누런색의 베
- 포의布衣 Korean gloss: 베로 지은 옷
- 정포正布 Korean gloss: 품질이 좋은 베
- 청포靑布 Korean gloss: 푸른 빛깔의 베
- 포교布敎 Korean gloss: 종교를 널리 폄
- 갈포葛布 Korean gloss: 칡 섬유로 짠 베
- 세포稅布 Korean gloss: 조세로 바치던 천
- 치포緇布 Korean gloss: 검은빛이 나는 베
- 건포乾布 Korean gloss: 마른 헝겊이나 수건
- 상포喪布 Korean gloss: 초상 때 쓰는 포목
- 장포長布 Korean gloss: 시신을 싸거나 묶는 포
- 포서布緖 Korean gloss: 일이 풀려 나갈 실마리
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 布
- 布施ふせ alms-giving; charity; offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.)
- 布ぬの cloth; fabric; material
- 麻布あさぬの hemp cloth; linen
- 財布さいふ wallet; purse; coin purse
- 布団ふとん futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
- 配布はいふ distribution
- 分布ぶんぷ distribution
- 毛布もうふ blanket
- 布石ふせき strategic arrangement of go stones at the beginning of a game; opening moves; preparations
- 敷き布団しきぶとん futon (laid on the floor); (Japanese) mattress; underquilt
- 布陣ふじん battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)
- 散布さんぷ dissemination; scattering; sprinkling
Characters sharing the phonetic 布
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “포” in Korean.
Other hanja read “포”
Other hanja with radical 巾
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences