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描
描
Translingual
Han character
描 (radical 64 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手廿田 (QTW), four-corner 54060, composition ⿰扌苗)
References
- KangXi: page 441, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12339
- Dae Jaweon: page 792, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1892, character 3
- Unihan data for U+63CF
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
描 | |
|---|---|---|
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 |
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: miu4
- Yale: mìuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: miu4
- IPA (key): /miːu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biô
- Tâi-lô: biô
- Phofsit Daibuun: biooi
- IPA (Xiamen): /biɤ²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /biɤ²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɤ¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /bio²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɤ²³/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 描 | 描 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (92) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | Chongniu III | II |
| Fanqie | 武瀌切 | 莫交切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/mˠiᴇu/ | /mˠau/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/mᵚiɛu/ | /mᵚau/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/miæu/ | /mau/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/miaw/ | /maɨw/ |
| Li Rong |
/mjɛu/ | /mau/ |
| Wang Li |
/mĭɛu/ | /mau/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/mi̯ɛu/ | /mau/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
miáo | máo |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 描 | 描 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 9102 | 9107 |
| Phonetic component |
苗 | 苗 |
| Rime group |
宵 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
茅 | 苗 |
| Old Chinese |
/*mreːw/ | /*mrew/ |
Definitions
描
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
描
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Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
描 • (myo) (hangeul 묘, revised myo, McCune-Reischauer myo, Yale myo)
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Vietnamese
Han character
描 (miêu)
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