Translingual

Han character

黴 (radical 203 黑+11, 23 strokes, cangjie input 竹人山火大 (HOUFK) or X竹人山火 (XHOUF), four-corner 2824₀, composition ⿲彳⿳山一黑攵)

1. mold, mildew, must
2. bacteria, germs
3. fungi
4. [dirty]], dingy

References

• KangXi: page 1521, character 47
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48196
• Dae Jaweon: page 2057, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 851, character 25
• Unihan data for U+9EF4

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mrɯl, *mɯːls) : phonetic 微 ‎(OC *mɯl) + semantic 黑 ‎(“black”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

黴

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Compounds

• 黴菌／霉菌 (méijūn)

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: め (me), み (mi)
• Kan’on: ばい (bai), び (bi)
• On (unclassified): まい (mai)
• Kun: かび (kabi), かびる (kabiru)

Noun

黴 ‎(hiragana かび, katakana カビ, romaji kabi)

1. mold

Korean

Hanja

黴 • ‎(mi) (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune-Reischauer mi, Yale mi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: mai, mị

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References

• Nom Foundation