昆布

Chinese

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kūnbù

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣㄅㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan¹ bou³
Min Nan (POJ): khun-pò͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: kūnbù
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣㄅㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuenbuh
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ən⁵⁵ pu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kwan¹ bou³
  - Yale: kwān bou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwan¹ bou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: kuen¹ bou³
  - IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn⁵⁵ pou̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khun-pò͘
  - Tâi-lô: khun-pòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qunpox
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰun⁴⁴⁻²² pɔ²¹/

Middle Chinese: /kuən puo^H/▼

Rime
Character	昆	布
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古渾切	愽故切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuən/	/puo^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kuon/	/puo^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kuən/	/po^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwən/	/pɔ^H/
Li Rong	/kuən/	/po^H/
Wang Li	/kuən/	/pu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuən/	/puo^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gūn	bù

Etymology 1

		phonetic	to declare; to announce; to spread to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known; spread; (cotton) cloth
simp. and trad. (昆布)		昆	布
alt. forms		綸布／纶布

From earlier 綸布 (OC *kruːn paːs, “green ribbon + cloth”), due to the resemblance in appearance (Erya).

Noun

昆布

(often in traditional Chinese medicine) seaweed; kelp; laminara; ecklonia

Synonyms

海草 (hǎicǎo)
海帶／海带 (hǎidài)
海藻 (hǎizǎo)

Etymology 2

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (昆布)		昆	布

Proper noun

昆布

Khumbu (region in Nepal)

Synonyms

坤布

Japanese

Kanji in this term
昆	布
こん Grade: S	ふ > ぶ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

昆布 (hiragana こんぶ, rōmaji konbu)

kombu, kelp, tangle, laminara

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