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媌
媌
Translingual
Han character
媌 (radical 38 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女廿田 (VTW), four-corner 44460, composition ⿰女苗)
References
- KangXi: page 266, character 27
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6488
- Dae Jaweon: page 533, character 31
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1056, character 6
- Unihan data for U+5A8C
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
媌 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (苗) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 貓 | *mreːw, *mrew |
| 描 | *mreːw, *mrew |
| 媌 | *mreːw, *mreːwʔ |
| 緢 | *mreːwʔ, *mreːws, *mrew |
| 苗 | *mrew |
| 猫 | *mrew |
| 庿 | *mrews |
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˊ
- Wade-Giles: miao2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miau
- IPA (key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: maau4
- Yale: màauh
- Cantonese Pinyin: maau4
- IPA (key): /mɑːu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 媌 | 媌 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | II |
| Fanqie | 莫交切 | 莫飽切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/mˠau/ | /mˠauX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/mᵚau/ | /mᵚauX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/mau/ | /mauX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/maɨw/ | /maɨwX/ |
| Li Rong |
/mau/ | /mauX/ |
| Wang Li |
/mau/ | /mauX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/mau/ | /mauX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
máo | mǎo |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 媌 | 媌 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 9103 | 9105 |
| Phonetic component |
苗 | 苗 |
| Rime group |
宵 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
茅 | 卯 |
| Old Chinese |
/*mreːw/ | /*mreːwʔ/ |
Definitions
媌
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Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâ
- Tâi-lô: bâ
- Phofsit Daibuun: baa
- IPA (Xiamen): /ba²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ba²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ba¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ba²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ba²³/
- (Hokkien)
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媌