Hanja Analyzer
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