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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 167 +9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 弓大金 (NKC), four-corner 18109)

References

  • KangXi: page 1314, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40640
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1815, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4236, character 21
  • Unihan data for U+936A

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*muː, *mu
*muːʔ, *moːɡ
*ml'uː, *mljiwʔ, *ml'us
*mruː
*mruː, *muːŋ
*mruː, *mu, *mo, *moɡs
*mruː
*moːɡs, *mroːɡ
*moːɡs
*mus
*mus, *mu, *muːŋ, *muːŋs
*mus
*mus
*mu
*mu
*mu, *muːŋ
*mu
*mu, *moːɡ
*ml'us
*ml'us, *mlju
*mlju
*mju
*mju, *mjuʔ, *mjus
*mju
*mju
*mju
*mju, *mjuʔ
*mju, *mjus
*mju
*mju
*mju
*mjuʔ
*mjuʔ, *mjus
*mjuʔ, *mjus
*mjuʔ
*moʔ, *mos
*moɡs
*moɡs, *moːɡ
*moɡs
*moɡs
*moɡs, *moːŋ
*moɡs
*moɡs, *moːŋ
*moːŋ, *moːŋs
*moːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mu) : phonetic  (OC *moʔ, *mos) + semantic  (metal).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (4)
Final () (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/miu/
Shao
Rongfen
/miəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/muw/
Li
Rong
/miu/
Wang
Li
/mĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
móu
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 8818
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mu/

Definitions

  1. iron pot; iron pan
  2. metal cap

Compounds

  • 鞮鍪

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. an iron pan
  2. metal cap

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(mu) (hangeul , revised mu, McCune-Reischauer mu, Yale mu)

  1. metal cap

Vietnamese

Han character

(mâu)

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