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昧

昧

See also: 味

Translingual

Han character

昧 (radical 72 日+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 日十木 (AJD), four-corner 65090, composition ⿰日未)

  1. obscure, dark
  2. darken

References

  • KangXi: page 493, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13846
  • Dae Jaweon: page 857, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1497, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6627

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 昧

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (未) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
寐 *mids
魅 *mrɯds
鬽 *mrɯds
昧 *mɯːds
妹 *mɯːds
眛 *maːds, *mɯːds
沬 *maːds, *hmɯːds, *mɯds
未 *mɯds
味 *mɯds
鮇 *mɯds
菋 *mɯds

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 昧 昧
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 泰 (25) 灰 (42)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 莫貝切 莫佩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /mɑiH/ /muʌiH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /mɑiH/ /muoiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /mɑiH/ /muɒiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /majH/ /mwəjH/
Li
Rong		 /mɑiH/ /muᴀiH/
Wang
Li		 /mɑiH/ /muɒiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /mɑiH/ /muɑ̆iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 mèi mèi
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 昧
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 mèi
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ mwojH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*mˤ[u][t]-s/
English dusk; dark

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 昧
Reading # 1/1
No. 12913
Phonetic
component		 未
Rime
group		 隊
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 妹
Old
Chinese		 /*mɯːds/

Definitions

昧

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Compounds

  • 一昧 (yīmèi)
  • 一行三昧
  • 三昧 (sānwèi)
  • 三昧真火
  • 不揣冒昧
  • 個中三昧／个中三昧
  • 兼弱攻昧
  • 冒昧 (màomèi)
  • 冒昧從事／冒昧从事
  • 夷昧
  • 幽昧
  • 得其三昧
  • 念佛三昧
  • 愚昧 (yúmèi)
  • 愚昧無知／愚昧无知
  • 拾金不昧
  • 昏昧
  • 昧下
  • 昧信
  • 昧地瞞天／昧地瞒天
  • 昧地謾天／昧地谩天
  • 昧己瞞心／昧己瞒心
  • 昧心
  • 昧心取利
  • 昧心錢／昧心钱
  • 昧旦
  • 昧旦晨興／昧旦晨兴
  • 昧昧
  • 昧死
  • 昧死以聞／昧死以闻
  • 昧沒／昧没
  • 昧爽
  • 昧理
  • 昧良心
  • 昧行
  • 昧谷
  • 晦昧
  • 晻昧
  • 暗昧 (ànmèi)
  • 曖昧／暧昧 (àimèi)
  • 朦昧執迷／朦昧执迷
  • 檮昧
  • 沖昧／冲昧
  • 法華三昧／法华三昧
  • 濛昧／蒙昧
  • 濛昧不清／蒙昧不清
  • 瞞天昧地／瞒天昧地
  • 瞞心昧己／瞒心昧己
  • 瞞昧／瞒昧
  • 矇昧／蒙昧
  • 禍來神昧／祸来神昧
  • 素昧平生
  • 素昧生平
  • 聳昧／耸昧
  • 至誠無昧／至诚无昧
  • 般舟三昧
  • 若昧平生
  • 茫昧
  • 草昧
  • 蒙昧 (méngmèi)
  • 蒙昧無知／蒙昧无知
  • 謾天昧地／谩天昧地
  • 貪昧／贪昧
  • 遊戲三昧／游戏三昧

Japanese

Kanji

昧

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. dark
  2. foolish

Readings

Korean

Hanja

昧 • ‎(mae) (hangeul 매, revised mae, McCune-Reischauer mae, Yale may)

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Vietnamese

Han character

昧 (muội, mội)

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