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Chinese
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moth
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eyebrow; upper margin
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simp. and trad.
(蛾眉)
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蛾
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眉
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| alternative forms
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娥眉
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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蛾
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眉
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| Reading #
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1/2
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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é
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méi
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ nga ›
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‹ mij ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋˁaj/
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/*mr/
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| English
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silkworm moth
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eyebrow
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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蛾
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眉
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| Reading #
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1/2
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1/1
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| No.
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13036
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8938
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Phonetic
component
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我
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眉
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Rime
group
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歌
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脂
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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莪
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眉
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋaːl/
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/*mril/
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| Notes
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見荀子，說文下從二蟲
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Noun
蛾眉
- (literary) woman's long and slender eyebrows (resembling the feathery feelers of a moth)
- (literary, metonymically) beautiful woman
Derived terms