黽

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See also: 黾 and ⿻日电
黽 U+9EFD, 黽
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EFD
← 黼
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 黾 →
⿌ U+2FCC, ⿌
KANGXI RADICAL FROG
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 		Kangxi Radicals ⿍ →

Translingual

Traditional 黽
Shinjitai
(extended) 		⿻日电
Simplified 黾
Stroke order

Han character

黽 (Kangxi radical 205, 黽+0, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口難山 (RXU), four-corner 77717, composition ⿹⿷⿻冂⿰一⿺乚⺊彐𰀄)

  1. Kangxi radical #205, ⿌.

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1523, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48257
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2058, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4768, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+9EFD

Chinese

trad. 黽
simp. 黾
alternative forms 𪓑

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 黽
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (黽) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
澠 *mlenʔ, *mliŋʔ, *ɦbljɯŋ
黽 *mlenʔ, *mliŋʔ, *mreːŋʔ
僶 *mliŋʔ
繩 *ɦbljɯŋ
譝 *ɦbljɯŋ
憴 *ɦbljɯŋ
鱦 *ɦbljɯŋ, *ɦbljɯŋ, *b·lɯŋs, *mraːŋʔ
蠅 *b·lɯŋ
鄳 *mraːŋ, *mraːŋʔ
鼆 *mreːŋʔ

Pictogram (象形) - a frog with a small tail. The meaning "to endeavor" is a phonetic loan.

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 黽
Reading # 3/3
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 耕 (117)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 武幸切
Baxter meangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mˠɛŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mᵚæŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/mɐŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/məɨjŋX/
Li
Rong 		/mɛŋX/
Wang
Li 		/mæŋX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/mæŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		měng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mang5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 黽
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		měng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ meangX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*mˁrəŋʔ/
English toad

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 黽
Reading # 3/3
No. 9176
Phonetic
component 		黽
Rime
group 		耕
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		䁅
Old
Chinese 		/*mreːŋʔ/

Definitions

黽

  1. a kind of frog

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 黽
Reading # 1/3
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 武盡切
Baxter mjinX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/miɪnX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/minX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/mjenX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/minX/
Li
Rong 		/miĕnX/
Wang
Li 		/mĭĕnX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/mi̯ĕnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mǐn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		man5

Definitions

黽

  1. (literary, alt. form 僶／𠊟) to endeavor; to strive for

Compounds

Pronunciation 3

Rime
Character 黽 黽
Reading # 2/3 1/3
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 仙 (77) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 彌兖切 武盡切
Baxter mjienX mjinX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/miᴇnX/ /miɪnX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/miɛnX/ /minX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/mjænX/ /mjenX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/mianX/ /minX/
Li
Rong 		/miɛnX/ /miĕnX/
Wang
Li 		/mĭɛnX/ /mĭĕnX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/mi̯ɛnX/ /mi̯ĕnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		miǎn mǐn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		min5 man5
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 黽 黽
Reading # 1/3 2/3
No. 9161 9162
Phonetic
component 		黽 黽
Rime
group 		元 眞
Rime
subdivision 		2 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		緬 泯
Old
Chinese 		/*mlenʔ/ /*mliŋʔ/
Notes 黽池 黽池

Definitions

黽

  1. (alt. form 澠／渑) Only used in 黾池 (“an ancient place name”).

Pronunciation 4

Definitions

黽

  1. Only used in 黽塞／黾塞 and 黽隘／黾隘.

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended)

⿻日电

Kyūjitai

黽

Kanji

黽

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form ⿻日电)

  1. green frog

Readings

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 黽 (MC meangX). Recorded as Middle Korean 며ᇰ〯 (myěng) (Yale: myěng) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

黽 (eumhun 맹꽁이 맹 (maengkkong'i maeng))

  1. hanja form? of 맹 (“a kind of frog”)

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 黽 (MC mjinX). Recorded as Middle Korean 민〯 (Yale: mǐn) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Pronunciation

Hanja

黽 (eumhun 힘쓸 민 (himsseul min))

  1. hanja form? of 민 (“used in personal names”)
  2. (literary) hanja form? of 민 (“to endeavor; to strive for”)

Compounds

Etymology 3

From Middle Chinese 黽 (MC mjienX). Recorded as Middle Korean 면〯 (Yale: myěn) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Pronunciation

Hanja

黽 (eumhun 고을 이름 면 (go'eul ireum myeon))

  1. (historical) hanja form? of 면 (“an ancient placename”)

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.
  • Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 17.

Vietnamese

Han character

黽: Hán Nôm readings: mãnh

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