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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 72 +10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 日月日金 (ABAC), four-corner 67080, composition)

  1. dark, obscure

References

  • KangXi: page 498, character 37
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14083
  • Dae Jaweon: page 867, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1531, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+669D

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*meːn, *meːns, *meːŋ
*mreːŋ, *meːŋ, *meːŋʔ
*meŋʔ
*meːŋ
*meːŋ
*meːŋ
*meːŋ, *meːŋʔ
*meːŋ
*meːŋ
*meːŋ, *meːɡ
*meːŋ, *meːɡ
*meːŋ, *meːŋs
*meːɡ
*meːɡ
*meːɡ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (4) (4)
Final () (125) (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/meŋ/ /meŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/meŋ/ /meŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/mɛŋ/ /mɛŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mɛjŋ/ /mɛjŋH/
Li
Rong
/meŋ/ /meŋH/
Wang
Li
/mieŋ/ /mieŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mieŋ/ /mieŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
míng mìng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 9207 9210
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*meːŋ/ /*meːŋs/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 日暝
  • 昏暝
  • 晝暝昼暝
  • 晦暝
  • 暝子
  • 暝色

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

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References