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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 205 +10, 23 strokes, cangjie input 月金口X山 (BCRXU), four-corner 77817)

References

  • KangXi: page 1524, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48300
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2060, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4770, character 23
  • Unihan data for U+9F06

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

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 # 1/1
Initial () (4)
Final () (117)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mˠɛŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/mᵚæŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/mɐŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/məɨjŋX/
Li
Rong
/mɛŋX/
Wang
Li
/mæŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mæŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
měng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 9177
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mreːŋʔ/

Definitions

  1. murky; shadowy; tainted