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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 142 +14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 中戈廿田戈 (LITWI), four-corner 54153, composition)

  1. flies, small insects produced in damp places

References

  • KangXi: page 1101, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33779
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1565, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2899, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+881B

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*mreːd
*meːd, *meːd
*meːd
*meːd
*meːd
*meːd
*meːd
*meːd
*meːd, *maːd
*mad
*mad
*mad

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (4)
Final () (87)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/met̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/met̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/mɛt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mɛt̚/
Li
Rong
/met̚/
Wang
Li
/miet̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/miet̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
miè
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 9119
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*meːd/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Compounds