羽毛

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Chinese

feather hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar
trad. (羽毛) 羽 毛
simp. #(羽毛) 羽 毛

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 羽 毛
Reading # 1/2 1/2
Initial (聲) 云 (35) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 虞 (24) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 王矩切 莫袍切
Baxter hjuX maw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦɨoX/ /mɑu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦioX/ /mɑu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣioX/ /mɑu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦuə̆X/ /maw/
Li
Rong 		/ɣioX/ /mɑu/
Wang
Li 		/ɣĭuX/ /mɑu/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/i̯uX/ /mɑu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yǔ máo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jyu5 mou4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 羽 毛
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yǔ máo
Middle
Chinese 		‹ hjuX › ‹ maw ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ʷ(r)aʔ/ /*C.mˁaw/
English feather, wing hair

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 羽 毛
Reading # 1/2 1/2
No. 15946 8780
Phonetic
component 		羽 毛
Rime
group 		魚 宵
Rime
subdivision 		0 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		羽 毛
Old
Chinese 		/*ɢʷaʔ/ /*maːw/

Noun

羽毛

  1. feather; plumage (Classifier: 根 m; 片 m; 條／条 c; 塊／块 c)
  2. (literary, figurative) reputation; fame; prestige

Synonyms

  • (reputation):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (羽毛):
  • → Japanese: 羽(う)毛(もう) (umō)
  • → Korean: 우모(羽毛) (umo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
羽 毛
う
Grade: 2 		もう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

羽(う)毛(もう) • (umō) 

  1. feathers, plumage

Korean

Hanja in this term
羽毛

Noun

羽毛 • (umo) (hangeul 우모)

  1. hanja form? of 우모 (“feathers, plumage”)
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