穆

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穆 U+7A46, 穆
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A46
← 穅
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 穇 →

Translingual

Han character

穆 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 竹木竹日竹 (HDHAH), four-corner 26922, composition ⿰禾㣎)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 859, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25251
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1284, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2628, character 20
  • Unihan data for U+7A46

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 穆
alternative forms
繆／缪
𥠇
𥡆
𢿉
𢿬
繆／缪
𥠇
𥡆
𢿉
𢿬
𢾓
 

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 穆
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *muɡ) : semantic 禾 (“grain”) + phonetic 㣎 () – standing grain.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 穆
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 屋 (4)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 莫六切
Baxter mjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mɨuk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/miuk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/miuk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/muwk̚/
Li
Rong 		/miuk̚/
Wang
Li 		/mĭuk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/mi̯uk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		muk6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 穆
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		mù
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mjuwk ›
Old
Chinese 		/*m(r)iwk/
English harmonious

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 穆
Reading # 1/1
No. 9336
Phonetic
component 		穆
Rime
group 		覺
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		目
Old
Chinese 		/*muɡ/

Definitions

穆

  1. † standing grain
  2. (historical) the right side position of tablets in ancestral shrines
    Antonym: 昭 (zhāo)
  3. (figurative) right side
  4. reverent; respectful
  5. magnificent and beautiful; majestic
  6. solemn; solemnly silent
  7. calm; mild; gentle
  8. harmonious; peaceful
  9. pure; honest
  10. profound and lasting; far-reaching
  11. Short for 穆罕默德 (Mùhǎnmòdé, “Muhammad”).
  12. Short for 穆斯林 (mùsīlín, “Muslim”).
  13. a surname

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

穆

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: もく (moku)
  • Kan-on: ぼく (boku)
  • Kun: やわらぐ (yawaragu, 穆らぐ)

Korean

Hanja

穆 • (mok) (hangeul 목, revised mok, McCune–Reischauer mok, Yale mok)

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Vietnamese

Han character

穆: Hán Nôm readings: mục

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References

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