俘

俘 U+4FD8, 俘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FD8 ← 俗 [U+4FD7] CJK Unified Ideographs 俙 → [U+4FD9]

Translingual

Han character

俘 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人月弓木 (OBND), four-corner 2224₇, composition ⿰亻孚)

1. prisoner of war
2. take as prisoner

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 105, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 697
• Dae Jaweon: page 222, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 164, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4FD8

Chinese

simp. and trad.		俘

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 俘
Shang	Western Zhou	Spring and Autumn	Warring States			Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script
Oracle bone script j19199 j19200 j19201 j19202 Bronze inscriptions b12410 Small seal script s05882
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
殍	*brɯwʔ, *browʔ, *pʰuw
脬	*pʰruː
捊	*bruː, *buw
莩	*browʔ, *pʰuw
哹	*pu, *bu
浮	*bu
蜉	*bu
桴	*bu, *pʰuw
罦	*bu, *pʰuw
琈	*bu
粰	*bu
烰	*bu
艀	*bu
俘	*pʰuw
孚	*pʰuw
孵	*pʰuw
稃	*pʰuw
郛	*pʰuw
筟	*pʰuw

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰuw) : semantic 人 (“person”) + phonetic 孚 (OC *pʰuw, “to capture”) – to capture. Originally written 孚.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fú (fu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hû / hu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fú
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fú
    • Wade–Giles: fu²
    • Yale: fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwu
    • Palladius: фу (fu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fu¹
    • Yale: fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hû
    • Tâi-lô: hû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /hu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu¹³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu
    • Tâi-lô: hu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hw
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hu⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: phju

Rime
Character	俘
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	芳無切
Baxter	phju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰio/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰuə̆/
Li Rong	/pʰio/
Wang Li	/pʰĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰuw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	俘
Reading #	1/1
No.	3355
Phonetic component	孚
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	敷
Old Chinese	/*pʰuw/
Notes	更古音滯後

Definitions

俘

1. to capture (enemy at war)
2. prisoner of war

Compounds

• 俘囚
• 俘擄／俘掳
• 俘獲／俘获 (fúhuò)
• 俘虜／俘虏 (fúlǔ)
• 俘馘
• 傷俘／伤俘
• 受俘
• 戰俘／战俘 (zhànfú)
• 獻俘／献俘
• 被俘 (bèifú)

 

Japanese

Kanji

俘

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ふ (fu)
• Kan-on: ふ (fu)
• Kun: とりこ (toriko, 俘)

Noun

俘(とりこ) • (toriko) 

1. prisoner, captive
2. slave to one's emotions

Alternative forms

• 虜

Korean

Hanja

俘 • (bu) (hangeul 부, revised bu, McCune–Reischauer pu)

1. captive