謬

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 謬. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 謬, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 謬 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 謬 you have here. The definition of the word 謬 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of謬, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: 谬
謬 U+8B2C, 謬
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B2C
← 謫
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 謭 →

Translingual

Han character

謬 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 卜口尸一竹 (YRSMH), four-corner 07622, composition ⿰訁翏)

  1. error, exaggeration
  2. erroneous

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1177, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35872
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1642, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4015, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+8B2C

Chinese

trad. 謬
simp. 谬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (翏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
醪 *ruːw
嫪 *ruːw, *rɯːws
嘐 *ɡ·ruːw, *krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw
賿 *rrɯːw, *rrɯːwʔ
顟 *rrɯːw
膠 *krɯːw, *krɯːws, *kʰrɯːw
轇 *krɯːw
摎 *krɯːw, *rɯw
髎 *riw, *rɯːw
熮 *riws, *rɯːw, *rɯwʔ
廖 *rɯːw, *rɯːws, *rɯws
憀 *rɯːw, *rɯw
豂 *rɯːw
漻 *rɯːw
翏 *ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws
寥 *rɯːw, *rɯːwɢ
蓼 *rɯːwʔ, *rɯwɢ
鄝 *rɯːwʔ
鷚 *mɡlɯw, *rɯwɢs, *mɡrɯw, *ɡrɯw
繆 *mlɯw, *mɡrɯw, *mrɯws, *mlɯwɢ
勠 *rɯw, *rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ
疁 *rɯw
飂 *rɯw, *rɯws
鏐 *rɯw, *rɯw
僇 *rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ
瘳 *r̥ʰɯw
璆 *ɡlɯw, *ɡrɯw
謬 *mrɯws
蟉 *ɡ·rɯw, *ɡrɯw, *ɡrɯwʔ
樛 *krɯw
磟 *ruːwɢ, *rɯwɢ
戮 *rɯwɢ
剹 *rɯwɢ
穋 *rɯwɢ

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-kiː(l/r) (“to bend; to wind; to twist; to roll”), i.e. “to twist words; to twist the truth”. Related to 糾 (OC *krɯwʔ, “to entangle”), 絞 (OC *kreːwʔ, “to twist; to strangle”), 摎 (OC *krɯːw, “to strangle”).

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 謬
Mandarin Beijing /miou⁵¹/
/niou⁵¹/
Harbin /niou⁵³/
Tianjin /niou⁵³/
Jinan /ȵiou²¹/
Qingdao /niou⁴²/
Zhengzhou /niou³¹²/
Xi'an /niou⁴⁴/
Xining /miɯ²¹³/
Yinchuan /niəu¹³/
Lanzhou /ȵiou¹³/
Ürümqi /ȵiɤu²¹³/
Wuhan /miau³⁵/
Chengdu /miau¹³/
/miəu¹³/
Guiyang /miəu²¹³/
Kunming /miəu²¹²/
Nanjing /miɔo⁴⁴/
/miəɯ⁴⁴/
Hefei /liɯ⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /niəu⁴⁵/
Pingyao
Hohhot /niəu⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /miɤ²³/
Suzhou /mɤ³¹/
Hangzhou /ȵiu¹³/
Wenzhou /miɛ²²/
Hui Shexian /miɔ²²/
Tunxi /miu¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /miau⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /miaɯ⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang
Hakka Meixian /miau³¹/
Taoyuan
Cantonese Guangzhou /mɐu²²/
Nanning /mɐu²²/
Hong Kong /mɐu²²/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /biu²²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /miɛu²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /niau⁴⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /nĩu³⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /miu³⁵/
Rime
Character 謬
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 幽 (138)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 靡幼切
Baxter mjiwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/miɪuH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mɨuH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/mieuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/mjiwH/
Li
Rong 		/miĕuH/
Wang
Li 		/miəuH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/mieuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		miào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mau6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 謬
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		miù
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mjiwH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*m-riw-s/ (dialect: *m-r- > *mr-)
English lie, error < 'twist the truth'

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 謬
Reading # 1/1
No. 8388
Phonetic
component 		翏
Rime
group 		幽
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		謬
Old
Chinese 		/*mrɯws/

Definitions

謬

  1. false; wrong; erroneous
  2. error; mistake
  3. to deceive; to twist the truth
  4. a surname

Compounds

References

  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “谬”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 159.

Japanese

Kanji

謬

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. mistake

Readings

  • Go-on: みゅう (myū)←みう (miu, historical)
  • Kan-on: びゅう (byū)←びう (biu, historical)
  • Kun: あやまる (ayamaru, 謬る)

Compounds

Compounds with 謬

Korean

Etymology

From a corrupted or unorthodox reading. The original reading is 무 (mu) based on Middle Chinese 謬 (MC mjiwH).

Historical readings

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

謬 (eumhun 그릇될 류 (geureutdoel ryu), word-initial (South Korea) 그릇될 유 (geureutdoel yu))

  1. hanja form? of 류/유 (“false; wrong; erroneous”)

Compounds

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

謬: Hán Việt readings: mậu[1][2][3][4]

  1. chữ Hán form of mậu (“mistake”).

References

  1. ^ Trần (2004).
  2. ^ Trần (1999).
  3. ^ Nguyễn (1974).
  4. ^ Thiều Chửu (1942).
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia