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溟

溟

Translingual

Han character

溟 (radical 85 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水月日金 (EBAC), four-corner 37180)

  1. drizzling rain
  2. dark, obscure

References

  • KangXi: page 640, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17947
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1046, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1709, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+6E9F

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 溟

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (冥) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
瞑 *meːn, *meːns, *meːŋ
嫇 *mreːŋ, *meːŋ, *meːŋʔ
慏 *meŋʔ
冥 *meːŋ
榠 *meːŋ
鄍 *meːŋ
溟 *meːŋ, *meːŋʔ
螟 *meːŋ
猽 *meːŋ
蓂 *meːŋ, *meːɡ
覭 *meːŋ, *meːɡ
暝 *meːŋ, *meːŋs
幎 *meːɡ
幂 *meːɡ
塓 *meːɡ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 溟 溟
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 青 (125) 青 (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV IV
Fanqie 莫經切 莫迥切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /meŋ/ /meŋX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /meŋ/ /meŋX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /mɛŋ/ /mɛŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /mɛjŋ/ /mɛjŋX/
Li
Rong		 /meŋ/ /meŋX/
Wang
Li		 /mieŋ/ /mieŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /mieŋ/ /mieŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 míng mǐng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 溟 溟
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 9200 9209
Phonetic
component		 冥 冥
Rime
group		 耕 耕
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 冥 茗
Old
Chinese		 /*meːŋ/ /*meːŋʔ/

Definitions

溟

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Compounds

  • 溟沐
  • 溟渤
  • 溟溟 (míngmíng)
  • 溟漭
  • 溟濛／溟蒙
  • 滄溟／沧溟
  • 重溟

References

Japanese

Kanji

溟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

溟 • ‎(myeong) (hangeul 명, revised myeong, McCune-Reischauer myŏng, Yale myeng)

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