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泯
泯
Translingual
Han character
泯 (radical 85 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水口女心 (ERVP), four-corner 37147)
References
- KangXi: page 618, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17324
- Dae Jaweon: page 1013, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1596, character 3
- Unihan data for U+6CEF
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
泯 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (民) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 眠 | *miːn |
| 民 | *min |
| 泯 | *min, *minʔ |
| 怋 | *min, *mɯːn |
| 岷 | *mrin |
| 珉 | *mrin |
| 罠 | *mrin |
| 笢 | *mrin, *minʔ |
| 鈱 | *mrin |
| 抿 | *mrɯn, *mrɯn, *mrɯnʔ |
| 刡 | *minʔ |
| 敃 | *mrinʔ |
| 愍 | *mrinʔ |
| 暋 | *mrinʔ |
| 蟁 | *mɯn |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˇ
- Wade-Giles: min3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miin
- IPA (key): /min²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: man5
- Yale: máhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: man5
- IPA (key): /mɐn¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 泯 | 泯 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 眞 (43) | 眞 (43) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 彌鄰切 | 武盡切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/miɪn/ | /miɪnX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/min/ | /minX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/mjen/ | /mjenX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/min/ | /minX/ |
| Li Rong |
/miĕn/ | /miĕnX/ |
| Wang Li |
/mĭĕn/ | /mĭĕnX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/mi̯ĕn/ | /mi̯ĕnX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
mín | mǐn |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 泯 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
mǐn |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ mjin › |
| Old Chinese |
/*mi[n]/ |
| English | destroy |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 泯 | 泯 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 9131 | 9139 |
| Phonetic component |
民 | 民 |
| Rime group |
眞 | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
民 | 泯 |
| Old Chinese |
/*min/ | /*minʔ/ |
Definitions
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Japanese
Kanji
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
泯 • (min) (hangeul 민, revised min, McCune-Reischauer min, Yale min)
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