甶

See also: 田, 由, 甲, and 申

甶	U+7536, 甶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7536

← 电
[U+7535]

CJK Unified Ideographs

男 →
[U+7537]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

甶 (Kangxi radical 102, 田+1, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹田 (HW), composition ⿱丿田)

head of a ghost/spirit/demon

Derived characters[edit]

禺鬼
in the altered form of 田: 禺畏獸
in the altered form of [+ rotated to x]: 离禽

References[edit]

Kangxi Dictionary: page 759, character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21728
Dae Jaweon: page 1169, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2528, character 4
Unihan data for U+7536

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.		甶

Glyph origin[edit]

Pictogram (象形) – face/head of a ghost/spirit/demon. [According to the Shuowen]

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fú (fu²)

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fat⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hùi / hut

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: fat⁶
  - Yale: faht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fed⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùi / hut
  - Tâi-lô: huì / hut
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huix, hud
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hui²¹/, /hut̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hui⁴¹/, /hut̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui²¹/, /hut̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hui¹¹/, /hut̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui²¹/, /hut̚³²/

Middle Chinese: pjut

Rime
Character	甶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	物 (60)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	分勿切
Baxter	pjut
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨut̚/
Pan Wuyun	/piut̚/
Shao Rongfen	/piuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/put̚/
Li Rong	/piuət̚/
Wang Li	/pĭuət̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯uət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fat¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*pɯd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	甶
Reading #	1/1
No.	3338
Phonetic component	甶
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	弗
Old Chinese	/*pɯd/

Definitions[edit]

甶

Head of a ghost

References[edit]

(Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 156

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

甶

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

甶: Hán Việt readings: phật

Variant of 佛, see there for more details.^[1]

References[edit]

^
2019 July 7, Trịnh Khắc Mạnh, “A sketch of Chinese character variants in Vietnam: With a focus on the variants of ‘Buddha’”, in SageJournals‎^[1], page 201:
In the document, 甶 is printed clearly and phoneticised as ‘Phật’ 甶 (甶音𫢋). It consists of the upper part of the character ‘鬼’ (ghost). That is why it is often called ‘the character Buddha with a ghost head’ (Vietnamese: chữ Phật đầu quỷ) in Vietnam. This word was popularly used in Buddhist and Taoist worship books. There are two explanations for the composition of this variant character. According to the first explanation, it is formed from the word ‘鬼’ (ghost) without legs (the lower part); it is an indicative character (指事字), implying that those who lead a Buddhist life will be enlightened and become Buddha, if they have got rid of the ghost part. The second explanation presumes that 甶 consists of ‘丿’ (Vn. phiệt, left-falling stroke, or the radical variant of ‘撇’) and ‘田’ (Ch. tian; ‘field’), of which ‘phiệt’ shows the sound of ‘phật’, while ‘田’ implies the Buddhist robes worn by monks (田衣). Thus, it is a phono-sematic compound (形聲字). Herein, we can see that both the explanations for the formation of the variant character were appropriate for the purpose of teaching and disseminating Buddhist dogmas. I myself support the first explanation.

[1] 
2019 July 7, Trịnh Khắc Mạnh, “A sketch of Chinese character variants in Vietnam: With a focus on the variants of ‘Buddha’”, in SageJournals‎^[1], page 201:
In the document, 甶 is printed clearly and phoneticised as ‘Phật’ 甶 (甶音𫢋). It consists of the upper part of the character ‘鬼’ (ghost). That is why it is often called ‘the character Buddha with a ghost head’ (Vietnamese: chữ Phật đầu quỷ) in Vietnam. This word was popularly used in Buddhist and Taoist worship books. There are two explanations for the composition of this variant character. According to the first explanation, it is formed from the word ‘鬼’ (ghost) without legs (the lower part); it is an indicative character (指事字), implying that those who lead a Buddhist life will be enlightened and become Buddha, if they have got rid of the ghost part. The second explanation presumes that 甶 consists of ‘丿’ (Vn. phiệt, left-falling stroke, or the radical variant of ‘撇’) and ‘田’ (Ch. tian; ‘field’), of which ‘phiệt’ shows the sound of ‘phật’, while ‘田’ implies the Buddhist robes worn by monks (田衣). Thus, it is a phono-sematic compound (形聲字). Herein, we can see that both the explanations for the formation of the variant character were appropriate for the purpose of teaching and disseminating Buddhist dogmas. I myself support the first explanation.

[1]

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