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媚
媚
Translingual
Han character
媚 (radical 38 女+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女日竹山 (VAHU), four-corner 47467, composition ⿰女眉)
References
- KangXi: page 267, character 7
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6513
- Dae Jaweon: page 534, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1069, character 15
- Unihan data for U+5A9A
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
媚 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (眉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 眉 | *mril |
| 楣 | *mril |
| 嵋 | *bril |
| 湄 | *mril |
| 鶥 | *mril |
| 瑂 | *mril |
| 郿 | *mril, *mrils |
| 葿 | *mril |
| 媚 | *mrils |
| 篃 | *mrils |
| 蝞 | *mrills |
| 煝 | *mrils |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ
- Wade-Giles: mei4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mey
- IPA (key): /meɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: mei6, mei4
- Yale: meih, mèih
- Cantonese Pinyin: mei6, mei4
- IPA (key): /mei̯²²/, /mei̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī
- Tâi-lô: bī
- Phofsit Daibuun: bi
- IPA (Xiamen): /bi²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /bi³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi³³/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 媚 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (17) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | Chongniu III |
| Fanqie | 明祕切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/mˠiɪH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/mᵚiH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/miɪH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/mjiH/ |
| Li Rong |
/mjiH/ |
| Wang Li |
/miH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/miH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
mì |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 媚 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
mèi |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ mijH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*mrəjʔ-s/ |
| English | love; flatter |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 媚 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8946 |
| Phonetic component |
眉 |
| Rime group |
脂 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
郿 |
| Old Chinese |
/*mrils/ |
Definitions
媚
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References
Japanese
Kanji
媚
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Readings
Compounds
- 媚薬 (びやく, biyaku): a aphrodisiac
Korean
Hanja
媚 • (mi) (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune-Reischauer mi)
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Vietnamese
Han character
媚 (mị)
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