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Translingual

Han character

(radical 64 +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手田卜戈 (QWYI), four-corner 57050, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 424, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11944
  • Dae Jaweon: page 773, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1862, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+62C7

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*mɯːs, *mɯː, *mɯːs
*mlɯːʔ, *mɯːʔ
*hmlɯːʔ
*ʔmɯː, *ʔmɯːʔ
*mɯ
*mɯʔ
*mɯʔ
*mɯʔ
*mɯʔ, *mɯs, *maːʔ
*mɯʔ
*mɯʔ
*mɯs, *mɯːʔ, *mɯːs
*mɯs, *mɯː, *mɯːs
*mrɯʔ, *mrɯŋʔ
*mrɯŋʔ
*mrɯŋʔ
*ma
*mɯː
*mɯː
*mɯː
*mɯːʔ
*mɯːs
*mɯːs, *hmɯːs
*hmɯːs
*hmɯːs
*hmɯːʔ, *hmɯːs
*mrɯl

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mɯʔ) : semantic  + phonetic  (OC *mɯʔ).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (4)
Final () (137)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
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
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 9287
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mɯʔ/

Definitions

  1. (anatomy) thumb
  2. (anatomy) big toe

Compounds

  • 小拇指
  • 拇印
  • 拇戰拇战
  • 拇指 (mǔzhǐ)
  • 拇趾
  • 拇量
  • 挑大拇哥
  • 駢拇枝指骈拇枝指

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(mu) (hangeul , revised mu, McCune-Reischauer mu, Yale mu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(mẫu)

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