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昴
昴
Translingual
Han character
昴 (radical 72 日+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 日竹竹中 (AHHL), four-corner 60727, composition ⿱日卯)
References
- KangXi: page 494, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13865
- Dae Jaweon: page 858, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1503, character 2
- Unihan data for U+6634
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
昴 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (卯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 卯 | *mruːʔ |
| 昴 | *mruːʔ |
| 泖 | *mruːʔ |
| 茆 | *mruːʔ, *m·ruʔ |
| 奅 | *m̥ʰruːs |
| 窌 | *m̥ʰruːs, *m·ruː, *m·rus |
| 聊 | *m·rɯːw |
| 貿 | *mlus |
| 鄮 | *mlus |
| 劉 | *m·ru |
| 留 | *m·ru, *m·rus |
| 蒥 | *m·ru |
| 鶹 | *m·ru |
| 騮 | *m·ru |
| 榴 | *m·ru |
| 瑠 | *ru |
| 瘤 | *m·ru, *m·rus |
| 遛 | *m·ru |
| 鎦 | *m·ru |
| 飀 | *m·ru |
| 鰡 | *m·ru |
| 嵧 | *m·ru |
| 餾 | *m·ru, *m·rus |
| 瀏 | *m·ru, *m·ruʔ |
| 懰 | *m·ru, *m·ruʔ |
| 柳 | *m·ruʔ |
| 珋 | *m·ruʔ |
| 罶 | *m·ruʔ |
| 嬼 | *m·ruʔ, *m·rus |
| 溜 | *m·rus |
| 霤 | *m·rus |
| 廇 | *m·rus |
| 塯 | *m·rus |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˇ
- Wade-Giles: mao3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mao
- IPA (key): /mɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: maau5
- Yale: máauh
- Cantonese Pinyin: maau5
- IPA (key): /mɑːu̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 昴 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 莫飽切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/mˠauX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/mᵚauX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/mauX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/maɨwX/ |
| Li Rong |
/mauX/ |
| Wang Li |
/mauX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/mauX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
mǎo |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 昴 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
mǎo |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ mæwX › |
| Old Chinese |
/*mˤruʔ/ |
| English | the Pleiades |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 昴 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8872 |
| Phonetic component |
卯 |
| Rime group |
幽 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
卯 |
| Old Chinese |
/*mruːʔ/ |
Definitions
昴
- the Pleiades (star cluster)
Japanese
Kanji
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
- the Pleiades (star cluster)
Readings
Etymology 1
By extension from 統ばる (subaru, “to bunch together; to unite”), due to the way the stars in the constellation all cluster together.
Proper noun
昴 (hiragana すばる, romaji Subaru)
- the Pleiades (star cluster)
Etymology 2
Character borrowed for its meaning. See 熟字訓 (jukujikun) for details.
Proper noun
昴 (hiragana すまる, romaji Sumaru)
昴 (hiragana たかし, romaji Takashi)
昴 (hiragana のぼる, romaji Noboru)
- a masculine given name
Korean
Hanja
昴 • (myo) (hangeul 묘, McCune-Reischauer myo, Yale myo)
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