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牡
牡
See also: 牝
Translingual
Han character
牡 (radical 93 牛+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹手土 (HQG), four-corner 24510, composition ⿰牛土)
References
- KangXi: page 697, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19933
- Dae Jaweon: page 1110, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1801, character 2
- Unihan data for U+7261
Chinese
simp. and trad. |
牡 |
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Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mɯwʔ) : semantic 牛 (“cattle”) + phonetic 土 (OC *l̥ʰaːʔ, *l'aːʔ).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ
- Wade-Giles: mu3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muu
- IPA (key): /mu²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: maau5, mau5
- Yale: máauh, máuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: maau5, mau5
- IPA (key): /mɑːu̯¹³/, /mɐu̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Rime | |
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Character | 牡 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
Final (韻) | 侯 (137) |
Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
Openness (開合) | Open |
Division (等) | I |
Fanqie | 莫厚切 |
Reconstructions | |
Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/məuX/ |
Pan Wuyun |
/məuX/ |
Shao Rongfen |
/məuX/ |
Edwin Pulleyblank |
/məwX/ |
Li Rong |
/muX/ |
Wang Li |
/məuX/ |
Bernard Karlgren |
/mə̯uX/ |
Expected Mandarin Reflex |
mǒu |
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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Character | 牡 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
mǔ |
Middle Chinese |
‹ muwX › |
Old Chinese |
/*m(r)uʔ/ |
English | male |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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Character | 牡 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
No. | 9321 |
Phonetic component |
牡 |
Rime group |
幽 |
Rime subdivision |
2 |
Corresponding MC rime |
母 |
Old Chinese |
/*mɯwʔ/ |
Definitions
牡
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
牡
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
牡 • (mo) (hangeul 모, revised mo, McCune-Reischauer mo, Yale mo)
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Vietnamese
Han character
牡 (mẫu)
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