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酶

酶

Translingual

Han character

酶 (radical 164 酉+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一田人田卜 (MWOWY))

References

KangXi: page 1283, character 13

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39869

Dae Jaweon: page 1783, character 9

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3584, character 1

Unihan data for U+9176

Chinese

simp. and trad.		酶

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): méi (mei²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: méi
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ
  - Wade-Giles: mei²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei
  - IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mui⁴
  - Yale: mùih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²¹/

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*mɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	酶
Reading #	1/1
No.	9304
Phonetic component	母
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	枚
Old Chinese	/*mɯː/
Notes	正體從米，周禮作媒

Definitions

酶

(biochemistry) enzyme
Synonyms: 酵素 (jiàosù)

Compounds

消化酶 (xiāohuàméi)
細胞溶解酶／细胞溶解酶
胃蛋白酶
胰澱粉酶／胰淀粉酶

胰脂酶
胰蛋白酶
轉化酶／转化酶

酒化酶
酒精去氫酶／酒精去氢酶
酯酶

Japanese

Kanji

酶

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On: ばい (bai), め (me)

Kun: さけのもと (sakenomoto), さかだね (sakadane)

Korean

Hanja

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

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