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邁
邁
Translingual
Han character
邁 (radical 162 辵+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 卜廿田月 (YTWB), four-corner 34302)
- take a big stride
- pass by
References
- KangXi: page 1266, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39169
- Dae Jaweon: page 1764, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3880, character 12
- Unihan data for U+9081
Chinese
| trad. | 邁 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 迈 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 邁
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|---|---|---|
| Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (萬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 糲 | *m·raːds, *m·rads, *m·raːd |
| 犡 | *m·raːds, *m·rads |
| 噧 | *hmreːds, *r̥ʰaːd |
| 邁 | *mraːds |
| 勱 | *mraːds |
| 蠆 | *m̥ʰraːds |
| 厲 | *m·rads |
| 勵 | *m·rads |
| 礪 | *m·rads |
| 蠣 | *m·rads |
| 蠇 | *m·rads |
| 癘 | *m·rads |
| 濿 | *m·rads |
| 櫔 | *m·rads |
| 巁 | *m·rads |
| 贎 | *m·rads, *mlans |
| 萬 | *mlans |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ
- Wade-Giles: mai4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: may
- IPA (key): /maɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: maai6
- Yale: maaih
- Cantonese Pinyin: maai6
- IPA (key): /mɑːi̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 邁 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 夬 (29) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 莫話切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/mˠaiH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/mᵚaiH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/maiH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/maɨjsH/ |
| Li Rong |
/maiH/ |
| Wang Li |
/mæiH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/maiH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
mài |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 邁 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
mài |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ mæjH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*mˤrat-s/ |
| English | proceed, march |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 邁 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12618 |
| Phonetic component |
萬 |
| Rime group |
祭 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
邁 |
| Old Chinese |
/*mraːds/ |
Definitions
邁
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References
Japanese
Kanji
邁
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Readings
Compounds
- 高邁 (こうまい)
Korean
Hanja
邁 • (mae) (hangeul 매, revised mae, McCune-Reischauer mae, Yale may)
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Vietnamese
Han character
邁 (mại, mời, mười)
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