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U+6BCF, 每
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6BCF

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Japanese
Simplified
Traditional

Han character

(Kangxi radical 80, +3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人田卜戈 (OWYI), four-corner 80507, composition 𠂉)

Derived characters

Related characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 589, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16725
  • Dae Jaweon: page 981, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2381, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+6BCF

Chinese

simp. and trad.
alternative forms 𣫭
𡴕

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Shuowen: Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *mɯːʔ) : semantic + phonetic (OC *mɯʔ).

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Mon-Khmer *muuj (cardinal number one) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (4)
Final () (42)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter mwojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/muʌiX/
Pan
Wuyun
/muoiX/
Shao
Rongfen
/muɒiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mwəjX/
Li
Rong
/muᴀiX/
Wang
Li
/muɒiX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/muɑ̆iX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
měi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mui5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
měi
Middle
Chinese
‹ mwojX ›
Old
Chinese
/*mˁəʔ/
English each

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 9307
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mɯːʔ/

Definitions

  1. lush
  2. every; each
      ―  měi  ―  every day; daily
      ―  měi  ―  every time
  3. every time; each time
  4. often; frequently
  5. Alternative form of (plural marker)
  6. flourishingly
  7. a surname

Synonyms

  • (every): ()

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (まい) (mai)
  • Korean: 매(每) (mae)
  • Vietnamese: mỗi ()

Others:

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for nameskyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

  1. every
  2. each

Readings

  • On (unclassified): まい (mai); ばい (bai)
  • Kun: つね (tsune, )

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese (MC mwojX).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 ᄆᆡᆼ〯 (Yale: mǒy)
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 니ᅀᅳᆯ〮 (Yale: nìzúl) ᄆᆡ〯 (Yale: mǒy)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): ~
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 매양 (maeyang mae))

  1. Hanja form? of (always; every).

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: mỗi, mọi, mủi

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