亹
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Translingual
Han character
亹 (Kangxi radical 8, 亠+19, 21 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹月一 (YHBM), four-corner 00107, composition ⿱亠舋)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 90, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 342
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 294, character 12
- Unihan data for U+4EB9
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 亹 |
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Transcribed ancient scripts  L13866  L13867  L13868  L13869 |
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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Etymology 1
| trad. | 亹 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 亹 | |
| alternative forms | 斖 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wěi
- Wade–Giles: wei3
- Yale: wěi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woei
- Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: mei5
- Yale: méih
- Cantonese Pinyin: mei5
- Guangdong Romanization: méi5
- Sinological IPA (key): /mei̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: mj+jX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*mərʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*mɯlʔ/
Definitions
亹
Compounds
Etymology 2
| trad. | 亹 | |
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| simp. # | 亹 | |
| alternative forms | 𤅣 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mén
- Wade–Giles: mên2
- Yale: mén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: men
- Palladius: мэнь (mɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: mun4
- Yale: mùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: mun4
- Guangdong Romanization: mun4
- Sinological IPA (key): /muːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: mwon
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤər/
- (Zhengzhang): /*mɯːn/
Definitions
亹
- (archaic) mountain pass; narrow passage of a gorge where the mountains at both sides face each other like a gate
- Used in place names.
Compounds
Etymology 3
| For pronunciation and definitions of 亹 – see 眉 (“eyebrow; upper margin of a book, leaflet, or page; header”). (This character is a variant form of 眉). |
Japanese
Kanji
亹
Readings
“Diligent”, “beautiful”:
“Mountain pass”:
Korean
Hanja
亹 • (mi, mun) (hangeul 미, 문, revised mi, mun, McCune–Reischauer mi, mun)
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