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Translingual
Han character
慕 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿日大心 (TAKP), four-corner 44333, composition ⿱莫㣺)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 398, character 32
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11088
- Dae Jaweon: page 737, character 27
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2340, character 3
- Unihan data for U+6155
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 蟆
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*mraː
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| 鬕
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*mraːɡs
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| 饃
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*maːl
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| 模
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*maː
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| 摸
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*maː, *maːɡ
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| 嫫
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*maː
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| 謨
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*maː
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| 膜
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*maː, *maːɡ
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| 摹
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*maː
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| 暮
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*maːɡs
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| 慕
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*maːɡs
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| 募
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*maːɡs
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| 墓
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*maːɡs
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| 慔
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*maːɡs
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| 莫
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*maːɡ
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| 寞
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*maːɡ
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| 漠
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*maːɡ
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| 幕
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*maːɡ
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| 鏌
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*maːɡ
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| 瘼
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*maːɡ
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| 鄚
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*maːɡ
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| 瞙
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*maːɡ
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| 嗼
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*maːɡ, *mraːɡ
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| 塻
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*maːɡ
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| 貘
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*mraːɡ
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| 驀
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*mraːɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *maːɡs) : phonetic 莫 (OC *maːɡ) + semantic 㣺 (“heart”).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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慕
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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mù
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ muH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*(C.)mˁak-s/
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| English
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love; long for
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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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慕
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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9248
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Phonetic
component
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莫
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Rime
group
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暮
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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暮
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Old
Chinese
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/*maːɡs/
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Definitions
慕
- to admire; to adore
- to long for; to desire; to yearn
- a surname
Compounds
References
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “慕”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 161.
Japanese
Kanji
慕
(Jōyō kanji)
- pining
Readings
Korean
Hanja
慕 (eumhun 그리워할 모 (geuriwohal mo))
- hanja form? of 모 (“long for, desire”)
- hanja form? of 모 (“admire”)
Vietnamese
Han character
慕: Hán Nôm readings: mộ, mồ
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