雯

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雯 U+96EF, 雯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96EF
← 雮
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 雰 →

Translingual

Han character

雯 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一月卜大 (MBYK), four-corner 10401, composition ⿱雨文)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1371, character 41
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42230
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1879, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4059, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+96EF

Chinese

trad. 雯
simp. # 雯

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (文) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
旻 *mrɯn
旼 *mrɯn
汶 *mrɯn, *mɯn, *mɯns
忞 *mrɯn
盿 *mrɯn
枚 *mɯːl
玫 *mɯːl
玟 *mɯːl
文 *mɯn
紋 *mɯn
蚊 *mɯn
雯 *mɯn
彣 *mɯn
馼 *mɯn
鳼 *mɯn
鼤 *mɯn, *mɯns
抆 *mɯnʔ, *mɯns
紊 *mɯns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mɯn) : semantic 雨 + phonetic 文 (OC *mɯn).

Etymology

From 文 (OC *mɯn, “mark; design; pattern”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 雯
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 文 (59)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 無分切
Baxter mjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mɨun/
Pan
Wuyun 		/miun/
Shao
Rongfen 		/miuən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/mun/
Li
Rong 		/miuən/
Wang
Li 		/mĭuən/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/mi̯uən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		wén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		man4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 雯
Reading # 1/1
No. 13018
Phonetic
component 		文
Rime
group 		文
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		文
Old
Chinese 		/*mɯn/

Definitions

雯

  1. multicoloured clouds

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

雯

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. patter
  2. rattle

Readings

Korean

Hanja

雯 • (mun) (hangeul 문, revised mun, McCune–Reischauer mun, Yale mun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

雯: Hán Nôm readings: văn

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