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譜: register; musical score

By June 13, 2016January 16th, 2017Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

譜 [谱] pǔ

noun
: register
: chart; list; table
: score (music)
: spectrum (physics)
: to set to music

Kun Reading
none applicable

On Reading

譜 | ふ fu

noun
: (sheet) music; (musical) note; (musical) score

 Usage:

譜[谱]曲 pu3qu3: to compose a piece of music
[曲譜 | きょくふ kyokufu: musical composition; notes]
譜[谱]子 pu3zi: musical score
譜學 [谱学] pu3xue2: spectroscopy
譜寫 [谱写] pu3xie3: to compose (usu. of music)
譜表 [谱表] pu3 biao3: musical stave
[譜表 | ふひょう fuhyou: (musical) staff; score]
臉譜 [脸谱] lian3pu3: types of facial makeup in operas; Facebook
樂譜 [乐谱] yue4pu3: a musical score; sheet music
光譜[谱] guang1pu3: spectrum
印譜[谱] yin4pu3: collection of seal stamps
[印譜 | いんぷ inbu: book of seals]
圖譜 [图谱] tu2pu3: archive of graphics (e.g. maps, documents or botanical figures); atlas; collection of illustrations or sheet music
[図譜 | ずふ zufu: illustrated reference book; illustrated catalog]
家譜 [家谱] jia1 pu3: genealogy; family tree
[家譜 | かふ kafu: pedigree; genealogy]



Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語
譜捲り | ふめくり fumerkuri: page-turner (music)

譜面 | ふめん fumen: (written) music

譜代 OR 譜第 | ふだい fudai
: successive generations
: (Abbreviation) (yoji) hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara) / 譜代大名 | ふだいだいみょう fudai daimyou



Chinese expression | chengyu 成語
心裡有譜 [心里有谱] xin1 li3 you3 pu3
: to have a plan in mind

 Etymology:
形声 Pictophonetic.
言 (yan2: speech radical 149) suggests the meaning while
(pu3: universal, general, widespread) provides the sound.



簡體 Simplified.
谱. Derived from generic radical simplification #1 (訁言 » 讠).



 Examples:
none applicable

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary