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尾
尾
Translingual
Han character
尾 (radical 44 尸+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹手山 (SHQU), four-corner 77214, composition ⿸尸毛)
References
- KangXi: page 300, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7650
- Dae Jaweon: page 596, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 966, character 16
- Unihan data for U+5C3E
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
尾 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (尾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 娓 | *mrɯls, *mɯlʔ |
| 尾 | *mɯlʔ |
| 浘 | *mɯlʔ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): mei5
- Gan (Wiktionary): ui3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mî
- Jin (Wiktionary): vei2
- Min Dong (BUC): muōi
- Min Nan (POJ): bóe / bé / bér
- Wu (Wiktionary): vi (T3); mi (T3); nyi (T3)
- Xiang (Wiktionary): uei3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ
- Wade-Giles: wei3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woei
- IPA (key): /u̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
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- (Standard Chinese, variant)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧˇ
- Wade-Giles: i3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yii
- IPA (key): /i²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: mei5
- Yale: méih
- Cantonese Pinyin: mei5
- IPA (key): /mei̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Gan
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mî
- Hakka Romanization System: mi´
- Hagfa Pinyim: mi1
- IPA: /mi²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Jin
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: muōi
- IPA (key): /mui³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Taichung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bóe
- Tâi-lô: bué
- Phofsit Daibuun: boea
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /bue⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Hsinchu, Magong)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bé
- Tâi-lô: bé
- Phofsit Daibuun: bea
- IPA (Xiamen): /be⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /be⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bér
- Tâi-lô: bér
- IPA (Quanzhou): /bə⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Taichung)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: vi (T3); mi (T3); nyi (T3)
- IPA (key): /v̻i²³/, /mi²³/, /ȵi²³/
- (Shanghainese)
- Xiang
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 尾 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (21) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 無匪切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/mʉiX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/mʷɨiX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/miuəiX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/mujX/ |
| Li Rong |
/miuəiX/ |
| Wang Li |
/mĭwəiX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/mwe̯iX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
wěi |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 尾 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
wěi |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ mjɨjX › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[m]əjʔ/ |
| English | tail |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 尾 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12882 |
| Phonetic component |
尾 |
| Rime group |
微 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
尾 |
| Old Chinese |
/*mɯlʔ/ |
Definitions
尾
Compounds
Derived terms from 尾
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Japanese
Kanji
尾
Readings
Compounds
Etymology
/wo/ → /o/.
Noun
尾 (hiragana お, romaji o, historical hiragana を)
- a tail
- the foot of a mountain
- the end of something
Derived terms
Korean
Hanja
尾 • (mi) (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune-Reischauer mi)
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