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Translingual
Stroke order
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Han character
沫 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水木十 (EDJ), four-corner 35190, composition ⿰氵末)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 612, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17235
- Dae Jaweon: page 1006, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1578, character 2
- Unihan data for U+6CAB
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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眛
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*maːds, *mɯːds
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沬
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*maːds, *hmɯːds, *mɯds
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佅
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*mraːds
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韎
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*mreːds, *maːd
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帓
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*mraːd
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粖
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*meːd, *maːd
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末
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*maːd
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昩
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*maːd
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秣
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*maːd
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靺
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*maːd
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眜
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*maːd
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抹
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*maːd
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妺
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*maːd
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怽
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*maːd
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沫
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*maːd
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袜
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*maːd
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Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Etymology is from the combination of water (left radical) and end (末). Ie the last form of water is foam as it crashes on the ocean's beach.
Pronunciation
Note:
- boa̍h - vernacular;
- boa̍t - literary.
Note:
- bhuah8 - vernacular;
- muag8/muêg8 - literary.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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沫
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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mò
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Middle Chinese
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‹ mat ›
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Old Chinese
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/*mˁat/
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English
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foam, spittle
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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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沫
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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9233
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Phonetic component
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末
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Rime group
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月
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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末
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Old Chinese
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/*maːd/
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Definitions
沫
- froth; foam; bubbles; suds
- saliva
- (literary) to stop
Compounds
Etymology 2
Probably from a Mon-Khmer substrate; compare Vietnamese bọt (“foam; froth”) (Norman and Mei, 1976). Also compare Mizo phûl (“scum; froth; foam”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
Definitions
沫
- (Min) scum; froth
Compounds
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Definitions
沫
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) full to the brim (of liquid in a container)
Japanese
Kanji
沫
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
- splash
- suds
Readings
Etymology
For pronunciation and definitions of 沫 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 沫, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Korean
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)
Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
沫 (eum 말 (mal))
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Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
沫: Hán Nôm readings: mượt, mát, mạt, mướt
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