耄

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耄 U+8004, 耄
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8004
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Translingual

Han character

耄 (Kangxi radical 125, 老+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十心竹手山 (JPHQU), four-corner 44714, composition ⿱老毛)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 960, character 32
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28848
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1409, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2781, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8004

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (毛) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
毛 *maːw, *maːws
髦 *maːw
旄 *maːw, *maːws
芼 *maːw, *maːws
氂 *rɯ, *maːw
枆 *maːw
酕 *maːw
牦 *maːw
耄 *maːws
覒 *maːws
眊 *maːws, *mraːwɢ
耗 *hmaːws
秏 *hmaːws, *hmɯːbs
毣 *mraːwɢ, *moːwɢ

Etymology 1

trad. 耄
simp. # 耄

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 耄
Reading # 1/1
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/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/mɑuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mou6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 耄
Reading # 1/1
No. 8788
Phonetic
component 		毛
Rime
group 		宵
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		冃
Old
Chinese 		/*maːws/

Definitions

耄

  1. (literary) very old; senile
  2. † befuddled; confused

Compounds

Etymology 2

trad. 耄
simp. # 耄
alternative forms 卯

Pronunciation

Definitions

耄

  1. (Hokkien) sunken in; shriveled; emaciated (especially the mouth of an old person)
  2. (Hokkien) to chew slowly as a toothless person
  3. (Mainland China Hokkien) to shrivel; to cave in; to sink in
    喙耄落去 [Hokkien]  ―  喙 mauh lo̍h-khì [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  The mouth caved in.
  4. (Mainland China Hokkien) to embezzle; to misappropriate

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

耄

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. senility

Readings

  • On (unclassified): もう (mō)、ぼう (bō)
  • Kun: おいぼれる (oiboreru, 耄れる)

Korean

Hanja

耄 (eum 모 (mo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

耄: Hán Nôm readings: mạo

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