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Translingual

Han character

(radical 32 +7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 土田土 (GWG), four-corner 46114, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 229, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5116
  • Dae Jaweon: page 465, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 443, character 21
  • Unihan data for U+57CB

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*mrɯː
*mrɯː
*mrɯː
*ʔr'ɯː
*rɯ
*rɯ
*p·rɯ
*rɯ
*rɯ
*rɯʔ
*rɯʔ
*rɯʔ
*rɯʔ
*rɯʔ, *km̥ʰlɯː
*rɯʔ
*rɯʔ
*r̥ʰɯɡ, *l̥ʰuɡ, *hluɡ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (4)
Final () (33)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mˠɛi/
Pan
Wuyun
/mᵚæi/
Shao
Rongfen
/mɐi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/məɨj/
Li
Rong
/mɛi/
Wang
Li
/mɐi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/măi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
mái
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
mái
Middle
Chinese
‹ mɛj ›
Old
Chinese
/*m.rˤə/
English bury

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 7817
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mrɯː/

Definitions

  1. to bury, secrete, conceal
  2. (Cantonese) together; along with; close to; close together
    [Cantonese]   co5maai4 [Jyutping]   to sit next to
    [Cantonese]   kei5maai4 [Jyutping]   to stand next to
    [Cantonese]   haang4maai4 [Jyutping]   to approach/be near someone; to cross someone's path
    手機 / 手机 [Cantonese]   daai3maai4 go3 sau2 gei1 [Jyutping]   to bring along a cellphone
    一齊 [Cantonese, trad.]
    一齐 [Cantonese, simp.]
    baa2 gaap3 tung4 jyut3 zai1maai4 jat1 cai4 [Jyutping]
    to put A next to B; to put A near B
    / [Cantonese]   cou5maai4 cin2 [Jyutping]   to accumulate money
    一齊 / 一齐 [Cantonese]   ci1maai4 jat1 cai4 [Jyutping]   to stick together
  3. (Cantonese) as well; in addition
    [Cantonese]   deu6maai4 [Jyutping]   to also throw away... (in addition to)
    [Cantonese]   sik6maai4 [Jyutping]   to also eat...

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. To bury

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(mae) (hangeul , McCune-Reischauer mae)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(mai, mài, man)

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