瑁

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瑁 U+7441, 瑁
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7441
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Translingual

Han character

瑁 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一土日月山 (MGABU), four-corner 16160, composition ⿰𤣩冒)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 736, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21096
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1147, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1126, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+7441

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 瑁
alternative forms
㺺
𤣽
冒
𤲰 ety. 2
蝐 ety. 2
㺺
𤣽
冒
𤲰 ety. 2
蝐 ety. 2
珼／𫞥
⿰𤣩囟
 

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 瑁
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (冃) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
媢 *mɯɡs, *muːʔ, *muːɡs, *muːɡ
冃 *muːɡs
冒 *muːɡs, *mɯːɡ
帽 *muːɡs
瑁 *muːɡs, *mɯːɡs, *muːɡ
賵 *m̥ʰuŋs
艒 *mɯːɡ, *muːɡ, *muːɡ
萺 *muːɡ, *muɡ
勗 *hmoɡ
勖 *hmoɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *muːɡs, *mɯːɡs, *muːɡ) : semantic 𤣩 (“jade”) + phonetic 冒 (OC *muːɡs, *mɯːɡ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 瑁
Reading # 2/3
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 莫報切
Baxter mawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mɑuH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mɑuH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/mɑuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/mawH/
Li
Rong 		/mɑuH/
Wang
Li 		/mɑuH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/mɑuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mou6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 瑁
Reading # 1/3
No. 8918
Phonetic
component 		冃
Rime
group 		奧
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		冃
Old
Chinese 		/*muːɡs/

Definitions

瑁

  1. jade used by Son of Heaven to be pieced together with feudal lords' ceremonical jade gui (圭)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 瑁 瑁
Reading # 1/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 灰 (42) 沃 (6)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 莫佩切 莫沃切
Baxter mwojH mowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/muʌiH/ /muok̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/muoiH/ /muok̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/muɒiH/ /mok̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/mwəjH/ /mawk̚/
Li
Rong 		/muᴀiH/ /mok̚/
Wang
Li 		/muɒiH/ /muok̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/muɑ̆iH/ /muok̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mèi mù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mui6 muk6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 瑁 瑁
Reading # 2/3 3/3
No. 8920 8925
Phonetic
component 		冃 冃
Rime
group 		代 覺
Rime
subdivision 		0 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		妹 瑁
Old
Chinese 		/*mɯːɡs/ /*muːɡ/
Notes 見淮南子玳瑁 見子虛賦，漢書作毒冒

Definitions

瑁

  1. Only used in 玳瑁 (dàimào, dàimèi).

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

瑁

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. jade used by emperor of China

Readings

Korean

Hanja

瑁 • (mo, mae) (hangeul 모, 매, revised mo, mae, McCune–Reischauer mo, mae, Yale mo, may)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese

Chữ Hán

瑁: Hán Việt readings: mội (莫(mạc)佩(bội)切(thiết)), mạo (莫(mạc)報(báo)切(thiết)), mại, mồi
瑁: Nôm readings: mồi, mùi, mao

  1. chữ Hán form of mội (“only used in 玳瑁 (đại mội)”).
  2. chữ Hán form of mạo (“imperial jade used in ancient China”).
  3. Nôm form of mồi (“tortoise shell”).

Compounds

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Trần (2004).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nguyễn (2014).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Bonet (1899).
  5. ^ Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
  6. ^ Hồ (1976).
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