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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 38 +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女弓戈口 (VNIR), four-corner 47462, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 261, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6237
  • Dae Jaweon: page 527, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1047, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+59F3

Chinese

simp. and trad.
alt. forms

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*meŋ
*meŋ
*meŋʔ, *meːŋʔ
*meŋs
*meːŋ
*meːŋʔ
*meːŋʔ
*meːŋʔ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (4)
Final () (125)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/meŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/meŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/mɛŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mɛjŋX/
Li
Rong
/meŋX/
Wang
Li
/mieŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mieŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
mǐng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 9186
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*meːŋʔ/

Definitions

  1. good

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings