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亹
亹
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Translingual
Han character
亹 (radical 8 亠+19, 21 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹月一 (YHBM), four-corner 00107, composition ⿱亠舋)
References
- KangXi: page 90, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 342
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 294, character 12
- Unihan data for U+4EB9
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
亹 | |
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Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 亹 | ||||
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (釁) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 釁 | *hmrɯns |
| 舋 | *hmrɯns |
| 亹 | *mɯlʔ, *mɯːn |
| 斖 | *mɯlʔ |
| 虋 | *mɯːn |
| 璺 | *mɯns |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ
- Wade-Giles: wei3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woei
- IPA (key): /u̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ
- Wade-Giles: mên2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: men
- IPA (key): /mən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: mei5, mun4
- Yale: méih, mùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: mei5, mun4
- IPA (key): /mei̯¹³/, /muːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | ||
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| Character | 亹 | 亹 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 魂 (55) | 微 (21) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 莫奔切 | 無匪切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/muən/ | /mʉiX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/muon/ | /mʷɨiX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/muən/ | /miuəiX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/mwən/ | /mujX/ |
| Li Rong |
/muən/ | /miuəiX/ |
| Wang Li |
/muən/ | /mĭwəiX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/muən/ | /mwe̯iX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
mén | wěi |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
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| Character | 亹 | 亹 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
mén | wěi |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ mwon › | ‹ mjɨjX › |
| Old Chinese |
/*mˤər/ | /*mərʔ/ |
| English | river-gorge | diligent |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | ||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
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| Character | 亹 | 亹 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 13853 | 13856 |
| Phonetic component |
釁 | 釁 |
| Rime group |
微 | 文 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
尾 | 門 |
| Old Chinese |
/*mɯlʔ/ | /*mɯːn/ |
Japanese
Kanji
亹