侔

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侔 U+4F94, 侔
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F94
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 侕 →

Translingual

Han character

侔 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人戈竹手 (OIHQ), four-corner 23250, composition ⿰亻牟)

  1. equal

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 102, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 597
  • Dae Jaweon: page 216, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 154, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+4F94

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 侔
alternative forms 牟

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 侔
s05752
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (牟) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
牟 *mu
眸 *mu
侔 *mu
蛑 *mu
麰 *mu
劺 *mu
恈 *mu
鴾 *mu

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 侔
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 莫浮切
Baxter mjuw
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mau4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 侔
Reading # 1/1
No. 9269
Phonetic
component 		牟
Rime
group 		幽
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		謀
Old
Chinese 		/*mu/

Definitions

侔

  1. (literary) to match; to equal
  2. (literary) matching; equal
  3. † Alternative form of 牟 (“to seek; to obtain”)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

侔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

侔 (eum 모 (mo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

侔: Hán Nôm readings: mầu, mâu

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References

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