璞

Han character

璞 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一土廿金人 (MGTCO), four-corner 1213₄ or 1218₅, composition ⿰𤣩菐)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 742, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21245
• Dae Jaweon: page 1151, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1137, character 10
• Unihan data for U+749E

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰroːɡ) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 菐 (OC *boːɡ, *puɡ).

Pronunciation

Definitions

璞

1. uncut jade

   • 夫珠玉，人主之所急也。和雖獻璞而未美，未為主之害也；然猶兩足斬而寶乃論，論寶若此其難也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     夫珠玉，人主之所急也。和虽献璞而未美，未为主之害也；然犹两足斩而宝乃论，论宝若此其难也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Han Feizi, circa 2^nd century BCE

     Fú zhūyù, rénzhǔ zhī suǒjí yě. Hé suī xiàn pú ér wèi měi, wèi wéi zhǔ zhī hài yě; rán yóu liǎngzú zhǎn ér bǎo nǎi lùn, lùn bǎo ruò cǐ qí nán yě. [Pinyin]

     Indeed, pearls and gems are what the lord of men wants badly. Though Ho presented the uncut jade to the Throne, before it was made beautiful, he was never a harm to His Majesty. Nevertheless, it was only after both his feet had been cut off that the treasure was acknowledged. That to establish an opinion of a treasure should be so difficult!

2. Alternative form of 朴: rat meat which has not been air-dried
   • 西京雜記/卷六：玉之未理者為璞，死鼠未腊者亦為璞
3. a surname

Compounds

References

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “璞”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 179.

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Hanja

璞 (eumhun 옥돌 박 (okdol bak))

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References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 璞

Han character

璞: Hán Việt readings: phác
璞: Nôm readings: phác

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References

• Nom Foundation