毐

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毐 U+6BD0, 毐
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6BD0
← 每
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 毑 →

Translingual

Han character

毐 (Kangxi radical 80, 毋+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 土田十 (GWJ) or 土田十竹 (GWJH), four-corner 40557, composition ⿱士毋)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 589, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16727
  • Dae Jaweon: page 981, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2382, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+6BD0

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 毐

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (母) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
脢 *mɯːs, *mɯː, *mɯːs
挴 *mlɯːʔ, *mɯːʔ
海 *hmlɯːʔ
毐 *ʔmɯː, *ʔmɯːʔ
呣 *mɯ
拇 *mɯʔ
母 *mɯʔ
胟 *mɯʔ
姆 *mɯʔ, *mɯs, *maːʔ
畮 *mɯʔ
踇 *mɯʔ
苺 *mɯs, *mɯːʔ, *mɯːs
莓 *mɯs, *mɯː, *mɯːs
敏 *mrɯʔ, *mrɯŋʔ
鰵 *mrɯŋʔ
慜 *mrɯŋʔ
毋 *ma
梅 *mɯː
酶 *mɯː
鋂 *mɯː
每 *mɯːʔ
毎 *mɯːs
痗 *mɯːs, *hmɯːs
晦 *hmɯːs
誨 *hmɯːs
悔 *hmɯːʔ, *hmɯːs
霉 *mrɯl

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 士 (“virtuous man”) + 毋 (“to not have”) – person with no morals.

Pronunciation

Note: aai2 - variant.
Rime
Character 毐 毐
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 咍 (41) 咍 (41)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 烏開切 於改切
Baxter 'oj 'ojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔʌi/ /ʔʌiX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔəi/ /ʔəiX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔɒi/ /ʔɒiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔəj/ /ʔəjX/
Li
Rong 		/ʔᴀi/ /ʔᴀiX/
Wang
Li 		/ɒi/ /ɒiX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʔɑ̆i/ /ʔɑ̆iX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		āi ǎi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		oi1 oi2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 毐 毐
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 9284 9285
Phonetic
component 		母 母
Rime
group 		之 之
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		哀 欸
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔmɯː/ /*ʔmɯːʔ/
Notes 𢮇讀莫亥切

Definitions

毐

  1. (obsolete) a courtesy name
    • 嫪姓毐字 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
      From: 司馬貞 Sima Zhen, 《史記索隱》"Seeking the Obscure in the Records of the Grand Historian", volume 2
      Lào xìng Ǎi zì
      Lao ('嫪') is a surname; Ai ('毐') is a style name.
  2. (obsolete) an immoral person

Compounds

References

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