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Stroke order

Han character

(radical 205 黽+0, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口X山 (RXU), four-corner 77717)

  1. to strive
  2. to endeavour, to endeavor
  3. Kangxi radical #205, (frog).

References

  • KangXi: page 1523, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48257
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2058, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4768, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+9EFD

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*mlenʔ, *mliŋʔ, *ɦbljɯŋ
*mlenʔ, *mliŋʔ, *mreːŋʔ
*mliŋʔ
*ɦbljɯŋ
*ɦbljɯŋ
*ɦbljɯŋ
*ɦbljɯŋ, *ɦbljɯŋ, *b·lɯŋs, *mraːŋʔ
*b·lɯŋ
*mraːŋ, *mraːŋʔ
*mreːŋʔ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial () (4) (4) (4)
Final () (43) (77) (117)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III III II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/miɪnX/ /miᴇnX/ /mˠɛŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/minX/ /miɛnX/ /mᵚæŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/mjenX/ /mjænX/ /mɐŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/minX/ /mianX/ /məɨjŋX/
Li
Rong
/miĕnX/ /miɛnX/ /mɛŋX/
Wang
Li
/mĭĕnX/ /mĭɛnX/ /mæŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯ĕnX/ /mi̯ɛnX/ /mæŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
mǐn miǎn měng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 9161 9162 9176
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mlenʔ/ /*mliŋʔ/ /*mreːŋʔ/
Notes

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References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(min, maeng)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): , 맹 (revised: min, maeng, McCune-Reischauer: min, Yale: min)
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Vietnamese

Han character

(mãnh)

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