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繆
繆
See also: 缪
Translingual
Han character
繆 (radical 120 糸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 女火尸一竹 (VFSMH), four-corner 27922)
- wind around, bind
- prepare
- a Chinese surname
References
- KangXi: page 937, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27855
- Dae Jaweon: page 1376, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3449, character 8
- Unihan data for U+7E46
Chinese
| trad. | 繆 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 缪 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (翏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 醪 | *ruːw |
| 嫪 | *ruːw, *rɯːws |
| 嘐 | *ɡ·ruːw, *krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw |
| 賿 | *rrɯːw, *rrɯːwʔ |
| 顟 | *rrɯːw |
| 膠 | *krɯːw, *krɯːws, *kʰrɯːw |
| 轇 | *krɯːw |
| 摎 | *krɯːw, *rɯw |
| 髎 | *riw, *rɯːw |
| 熮 | *riws, *rɯːw, *rɯwʔ |
| 廖 | *rɯːw, *rɯːws, *rɯws |
| 憀 | *rɯːw, *rɯw |
| 豂 | *rɯːw |
| 漻 | *rɯːw |
| 翏 | *ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws |
| 寥 | *rɯːw, *rɯːwɢ |
| 蓼 | *rɯːwʔ, *rɯwɢ |
| 鄝 | *rɯːwʔ |
| 鷚 | *mɡlɯw, *rɯwɢs, *mɡrɯw, *ɡrɯw |
| 繆 | *mlɯw, *mɡrɯw, *mrɯws, *mlɯwɢ |
| 勠 | *rɯw, *rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ |
| 疁 | *rɯw |
| 飂 | *rɯw, *rɯws |
| 鏐 | *rɯw, *rɯw |
| 僇 | *rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ |
| 瘳 | *r̥ʰɯw |
| 璆 | *ɡlɯw, *ɡrɯw |
| 謬 | *mrɯws |
| 蟉 | *ɡ·rɯw, *ɡrɯw, *ɡrɯwʔ |
| 樛 | *krɯw |
| 磟 | *ruːwɢ, *rɯwɢ |
| 戮 | *rɯwɢ |
| 剹 | *rɯwɢ |
| 穋 | *rɯwɢ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄡ
- Wade-Giles: mou1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhou
- IPA (key): /moʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠ
- Wade-Giles: miao1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhiau
- IPA (key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄡ
- Wade-Giles: miu1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhiou
- IPA (key): /mi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄨ
- Wade-Giles: mu1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhu
- IPA (key): /mu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: miu6, muk6, mau6, mau4
- Yale: miuh, muhk, mauh, màuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: miu6, muk9, mau6, mau4
- IPA (key): /miːu̯²²/, /mʊk̚²/, /mɐu̯²²/, /mɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 繆 | 繆 | 繆 | 繆 |
| Reading # | 1/4 | 2/4 | 3/4 | 4/4 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 明 (4) | 明 (4) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) | 幽 (138) | 幽 (138) | 屋 (4) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III | III | III |
| Fanqie | 莫浮切 | 武彪切 | 靡幼切 | 莫六切 |
| Reconstructions | ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/mɨu/ | /miɪu/ | /miɪuH/ | /mɨuk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/miu/ | /mɨu/ | /mɨuH/ | /miuk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/miəu/ | /mieu/ | /mieuH/ | /miuk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/muw/ | /mjiw/ | /mjiwH/ | /muwk̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/miu/ | /miĕu/ | /miĕuH/ | /miuk̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/mĭəu/ | /miəu/ | /miəuH/ | /mĭuk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/mi̯ə̯u/ | /mieu/ | /mieuH/ | /mi̯uk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
móu | miáo | miào | mù |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 繆 | 繆 | 繆 | 繆 |
| Reading # | 1/4 | 2/4 | 3/4 | 4/4 |
| No. | 8372 | 8390 | 8391 | 8399 |
| Phonetic component |
翏 | 翏 | 翏 | 翏 |
| Rime group |
幽 | 幽 | 幽 | 覺 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
謀 | 繆 | 謬 | 目 |
| Old Chinese |
/*mlɯw/ | /*mɡrɯw/ | /*mrɯws/ | /*mlɯwɢ/ |
Definitions
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Compounds
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References
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典)
- (Cantonese) Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)
Japanese
Kanji
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