瑪

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See also: 玛
瑪 U+746A, 瑪
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-746A
← 瑩
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 瑫 →

Translingual

Han character

瑪 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一土尸手火 (MGSQF), four-corner 11127, composition ⿰𤣩馬)

Derived characters

Related characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 739, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21156
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1149, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1130, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+746A

Chinese

trad. 瑪
simp. 玛

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (馬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
馬 *mraːʔ
碼 *mraːʔ
罵 *mraːʔ, *mraːs
鷌 *mraːʔ
鰢 *mraːʔ
瑪 *mraːʔ
榪 *mraːs
傌 *mraːs
禡 *mraːs
媽 *maːʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mraːʔ) : semantic 𤣩 (“jade”) + phonetic 馬 (OC *mraːʔ).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • bé/bée - vernacular;
  • má - literary.
Rime
Character 瑪
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 麻 (98)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 莫下切
Baxter maeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mˠaX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mᵚaX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/maX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/maɨX/
Li
Rong 		/maX/
Wang
Li 		/maX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/maX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mǎ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		maa5
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 瑪
Reading # 1/1
No. 8720
Phonetic
component 		馬
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		馬
Old
Chinese 		/*mraːʔ/
Notes 古作馬

Definitions

瑪

  1. Used in 瑪瑙／玛瑙 (mǎnǎo).
  2. a surname
  3. Used in transcription.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

瑪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. agate
  2. onyx

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

瑪 • (ma) (hangeul 마, revised ma, McCune–Reischauer ma, Yale ma)

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Vietnamese

Han character

瑪: Hán Nôm readings: mã, mẽ

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Compounds

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