玫瑰

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Chinese

a kind of fine stone (semi-precious stone); extraordinary
trad. (玫瑰)
simp. #(玫瑰)

Etymology

Appears to refer to a kind of (red) jade originally, as suggested by the semantic parts of the individual characters and the explanations in Shuowen.

Cognate with 梅槐 (“a tree similar to 薔薇”). Other potential cognates include 茅蒐 (máosōu, “a red plant dye; madder”) and 韎韐韎𱂆 (“red madder-dyed knee covers”).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial () (4) (33) (28)
Final () (42) (42) (42)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed Closed
Division () I I I
Fanqie
Baxter mwoj hwoj kwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/muʌi/ /ɦuʌi/ /kuʌi/
Pan
Wuyun
/muoi/ /ɦuoi/ /kuoi/
Shao
Rongfen
/muɒi/ /ɣuɒi/ /kuɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mwəj/ /ɦwəj/ /kwəj/
Li
Rong
/muᴀi/ /ɣuᴀi/ /kuᴀi/
Wang
Li
/muɒi/ /ɣuɒi/ /kuɒi/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/muɑ̆i/ /ɣuɑ̆i/ /kuɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
méi huí guī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mui4 wui4 gui1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
guī
Middle
Chinese
‹ kwoj ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁuj/
English kind of precious stone

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 1/2 2/2
No. 13013 4660 4671
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mɯːl/ /*kuːl/ /*ɡuːl/
Notes

Noun

玫瑰

玫瑰

  1. (botany) rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa)
  2. hybrid roses for ornamantal and edible uses
  3. (~花) rose (flower) (Classifier: m)
  4. (~色) rose colour
  5. (literary, historical) a kind of beautiful jade

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
まい
Hyōgai
かい
Hyōgai
goon kan'on

Noun

(まい)(かい) (maikai

  1. Synonym of 浜梨 (hama-nasu, beach rose, Rosa rugosa)
  2. a type of fine Chinese stone such a mica

Derived terms