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Translingual
Han character
抹 (Kangxi radical 64, 手 +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手木十 (QDJ ), four-corner 55090 , composition ⿰扌 末 )
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 424 , character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11926
Dae Jaweon: page 771, character 16
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1847, character 8
Unihan data for U+62B9
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
眛
*maːds, *mɯːds
沬
*maːds, *hmɯːds, *mɯds
佅
*mraːds
韎
*mreːds, *maːd
帓
*mraːd
粖
*meːd, *maːd
末
*maːd
昩
*maːd
秣
*maːd
靺
*maːd
眜
*maːd
抹
*maːd
妺
*maːd
怽
*maːd
沫
*maːd
袜
*maːd
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *maːd ): semantic 扌 + phonetic 末 ( OC *maːd ) .
Pronunciation 1
Note :
boah - colloquial (“to smear; to remove”).
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
抹
Reading #
1/1
No.
9230
Phonetic component
末
Rime group
月
Rime subdivision
1
Corresponding MC rime
末
Old Chinese
/*maːd/
Notes
說 文 作 瀎
Definitions
抹
to smear , to apply
抹 藥/ 抹 药 ― bhuah4 ioh8 ― to apply medication
to wipe
to erase ; to remove
( literary ) to play (dominos)
( literary ) to cut
( literary ) to twirl
( literary ) to look ; to aim ; to glance
Classifier for rays of sunlight , rosy clouds , etc..
一 抹 斜陽 / 一 抹 斜阳 ― yī mǒ xiéyáng ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
See also
( to smear, to apply ) : 搽 (chá )
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
抹
Reading #
1/1
No.
9230
Phonetic component
末
Rime group
月
Rime subdivision
1
Corresponding MC rime
末
Old Chinese
/*maːd/
Notes
說 文 作 瀎
Definitions
抹
to smear (using cement or lime)
to keep close to and turn around
( literary ) to touch
( literary ) to bend ; to lower
Compounds
Pronunciation 3
Definitions
抹
( colloquial ) to wipe
抹 桌子 ― mā zhuōzǐ ― to wipe a table clean
抹 屎窟 ― maat3 si2 fat1 ― to wipe one's bottom
( colloquial ) to press (something) and move one's hand downwards
( colloquial ) to dismiss (someone from their position )
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
擦 (“to wipe”)
Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
擦
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
擦 , 抹
Taiwan
擦 , 抹
Malaysia
擦
Singapore
擦 , 抹
Central Plains Mandarin
Xi'an
擦 , 搌
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
揩 , 抹 , 擦
Wuhan
之 , 揩 , 抹 , 搌
Jianghuai Mandarin
Yangzhou
擦 , 揩 , 抹
Hefei
擦 , 揩 , 抹
Cantonese
Guangzhou
擦 , 抹 , 捽
Hong Kong
擦 , 抹 , 捽
Yangjiang
抹 , 拭 , 擦
Yangjiang (Yangdong)
拭
Yangdong (Yashao)
抹 , 拭 , 擦
Yangchun
抹 , 擦
Yangxi
抹 , 拭 , 擦
Penang (Guangfu)
擦
Singapore (Guangfu)
擦
Gan
Nanchang
揩 , 抹 , 擦
Hakka
Meixian
捽
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
捽
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
捽
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
捽
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
捽
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
捽
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
捽
Kuching (Hepo)
捽
Jin
Taiyuan
揩 , 擦
Northern Min
Jian'ou
拭
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
拭 , 挸
Southern Min
Xiamen
拭 , 揉
Quanzhou
拭 , 揉
Zhangzhou
拭 , 揉
Tainan
拭 , 揉
Penang (Hokkien)
拭 , 揉
Singapore (Hokkien)
拭
Manila (Hokkien)
拭
Chaozhou
拭 , 㧫 , 抙
Raoping
拭 , 㧫
Shantou
㧫
Shantou (Chenghai)
㧫
Jieyang
拭 , 㧫 , 抙
Singapore (Teochew)
拭 , 㧫
Wu
Shanghai
揩
Suzhou
揩
Haining (Xiashi)
揩
Yixing
揩
Hangzhou
揩
Ningbo
揩
Wenzhou
擦 , 𢄺
Xiang
Changsha
湊 , 抹 , 揩
Shuangfeng
揩 , 抹
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
抹
(Jōyō kanji )
grind
rub
crush
erase
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
抹 • (mal ) (hangeul 말 , revised mal, McCune–Reischauer mal, Yale mal)
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Vietnamese
Han character
抹 : Hán Nôm readings: mạt , mõi
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