廟

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See also: 庙
廟 U+5EDF, 廟
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EDF
← 廞
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 廠 →

Translingual

Han character

廟 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 戈十十月 (IJJB), four-corner 00227, composition ⿸广朝)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 350, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9489
  • Dae Jaweon: page 662, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 901, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5EDF

Chinese

trad. 廟
simp. 庙
alternative forms 庿

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (朝) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
嘲 *ʔr'eːw
廟 *mrews
朝 *ʔr'ew, *r'ew
潮 *r'ew

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mrews) : semantic 广 + phonetic 朝 (OC *ʔr'ew, *r'ew).

Etymology

Possibly related to Proto-Hmong-Mien *prəuX (“house”), whence White Hmong tsev (“idem”) (Schuessler, 2007). Note also Burmese မြို့ (mrui., “town, city”).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • biō - vernacular;
  • biāu - literary.
Note:
  • bhio7 - Shantou;
  • bhiê7 - Chaozhou.
Rime
Character 廟
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 宵 (92)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 眉召切
Baxter mjewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mˠiᴇuH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mᵚiɛuH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/miæuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/miawH/
Li
Rong 		/mjɛuH/
Wang
Li 		/mĭɛuH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/mi̯ɛuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		miào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		miu6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 廟
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		miào
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mjewH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*raw-s/
English a kind of building with side rooms

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 廟
Reading # 1/1
No. 1306
Phonetic
component 		朝
Rime
group 		宵
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		廟
Old
Chinese 		/*mrews/
Notes 古文作庿

Definitions

廟

  1. (architecture, religion) temple (Classifier: 座; 間／间)

Usage notes

The term 廟 is primarily used in the formal names for the temples of traditional deities who rank fairly low in the celestial hierarchy. The temples of higher-ranking gods, such as Mazu after her elevation to the "Queen of Heaven" by the Qing dynasty, are usually known as 宮／宫 (gōng, “palace”).

Synonyms

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (廟):
  • → Japanese: 廟(びょう) (byō)
  • → Korean: 묘(廟) (myo)
  • → Vietnamese: miếu (廟)

Others:

References

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended) 		Shinjitai
(extended)
廟󠄀
廟+&#xE0100;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
廟󠄂
廟+&#xE0102;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
Kyūjitai 廟
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Kanji

廟

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

Noun

廟(びょう) • (byō) 

  1. mausoleum
  2. shrine
  3. palace

Korean

Hanja

廟 (eumhun 사당 묘 (sadang myo))

  1. hanja form? of 묘 (“temple, shrine”)
  2. hanja form? of 묘 (“imperial court”)

Vietnamese

Han character

廟: Hán Nôm readings: miếu, mưỡu, méo, miễu

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