犦

犦 U+72A6, 犦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72A6 ← 犥 [U+72A5] CJK Unified Ideographs 犧 → [U+72A7]

Translingual

Han character

犦 (Kangxi radical 93, 牛+15, 19 strokes, cangjie input 竹手日廿水 (HQATE), four-corner 2653₂, composition ⿰牜暴)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 705, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20205
• Dae Jaweon: page 1117, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1821, character 6
• Unihan data for U+72A6

Chinese

trad.		犦
simp. #		犦
alternative forms		𤜌

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (暴) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
暴	*boːwɢs, *boːɡ
曝	*boːwɢs, *boːɡ
瀑	*boːwɢs, *boːɡ
虣	*boːwɢs
爆	*proːwɢs, *poːwɢ, *proːwɢ
襮	*poːwɢ, *poːwɢ
嚗	*proːwɢ
謈	*pʰroːwɢ, *broːwɢ
犦	*broːwɢ, *poːwɢ
懪	*broːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *broːwɢ, *poːwɢ) : semantic 牛 (“bull, cow”) + phonetic 暴 (OC *boːwɢs, *boːɡ). However, the phonetic component also means "to stick out, to bulge; to expose", so it could add part of the meaning. A conservative version is 𤜌; later, the character was stylized into 犦.

Etymology

Perhaps from 暴 (bào, bó, “to stick out, to bulge; to expose”), due to the zebu's hump.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bào, bó (bao⁴, bo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ, ㄅㄛˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bào
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bào
    • Wade–Giles: pao⁴
    • Yale: bàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baw
    • Palladius: бао (bao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bó
    • Wade–Giles: po²
    • Yale: bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor
    • Palladius: бо (bo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: powk, baewk

Rime
Character	犦	犦
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	沃 (6)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	博沃切	蒲角切
Baxter	powk	baewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/puok̚/	/bˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/puok̚/	/bᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pok̚/	/bɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pawk̚/	/baɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/pok̚/	/bɔk̚/
Wang Li	/puok̚/	/bɔk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/puok̚/	/bʱɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bu	bó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	buk1	bok6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*broːwɢ/, /*poːwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	犦	犦
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	341	347
Phonetic component	暴	暴
Rime group	藥	覺
Rime subdivision	3	1
Corresponding MC rime	雹	襮
Old Chinese	/*broːwɢ/	/*poːwɢ/

Definitions

犦

1. (obsolete) Alternative name for 犎牛 (fēngniú, “zebu”).