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Translingual
Han character
務 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 弓竹竹水尸 (NHHES) or 弓竹人大尸 (NHOKS), four-corner 18227, composition ⿰矛务)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 148, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2394
- Dae Jaweon: page 334, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2765, character 9
- Unihan data for U+52D9
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 堥
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*muː, *mu
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| 蓩
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*muːʔ, *moːɡ
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| 猱
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*ml'uː, *mljiwʔ, *ml'us
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| 茅
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*mruː
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| 罞
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*mruː, *muːŋ
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| 蝥
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*mruː, *mu, *mo, *moɡs
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| 鶜
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*mruː
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| 瞀
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*moːɡs, *mroːɡ
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| 愗
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*moːɡs
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| 袤
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*mus
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| 雺
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*mus, *mu, *muːŋ, *muːŋs
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| 懋
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*mus
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| 楙
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*mus
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| 矛
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*mu
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| 蟊
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*mu
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| 髳
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*mu, *muːŋ
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| 鍪
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*mu
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| 鞪
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*mu, *moːɡ
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| 糅
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*ml'us
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| 腬
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*ml'us, *mlju
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| 柔
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*mlju
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| 揉
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*mju
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| 蹂
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*mju, *mjuʔ, *mjus
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| 鍒
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*mju
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| 騥
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*mju
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| 蝚
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*mju
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| 葇
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*mju, *mjuʔ
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| 鞣
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*mju, *mjus
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| 鰇
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*mju
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| 瑈
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*mju
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| 鶔
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*mju
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| 楺
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*mjuʔ
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| 煣
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*mjuʔ, *mjus
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| 輮
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*mjuʔ, *mjus
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| 韖
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*mjuʔ
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| 敄
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*moʔ, *mos
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| 務
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*moɡs
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| 鶩
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*moɡs, *moːɡ
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| 騖
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*moɡs
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| 婺
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*moɡs
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| 霚
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*moɡs, *moːŋ
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| 嵍
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*moɡs
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| 霧
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*moɡs, *moːŋ
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| 霿
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*moːŋ, *moːŋs
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| 楘
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*moːɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *moɡs) : phonetic 敄 (OC *moʔ, *mos) + semantic 力 (“strength”).
Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mow (“to work; to move”) (STEDT). Cognate with 懋 (OC *mus, “to strive”), Garo mo (“to move”), Jingpho mu ⪤ ə mu (“work; labor”), Burmese မူ (mu, “to pursue some course of action; to act”).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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務
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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wù
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ mjuH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*m(r)o-s/
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| English
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exert oneself
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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務
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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8849
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Phonetic
component
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矛
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Rime
group
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竇
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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務
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Old
Chinese
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/*moɡs/
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Definitions
務
- to be engaged in; to be devoted to
- 服務／服务 ― fúwù ― service
- to seek; to pursue
- business; affairs
- must; should; be sure to
- 26th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "endeavor" (𝌟)
- a surname
Compounds
Descendants
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
務
- (Eastern Min) Alternative form of 有 (“to have”)
References
Japanese
Kanji
務
(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)
- task, duties
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
務 (eumhun 힘쓸 무 (himsseul mu))
- Hanja form? of 무 (“to be engaged in; to be devoted to”).
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
務: Hán Việt readings: vụ
務: Nôm readings: mùa, múa
- chữ Hán form of vụ (“case, affair”).
- Nôm form of vụ, mùa (“season”).
References