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Translingual
Han character
拇 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手田卜戈 (QWYI), four-corner 57050, composition ⿰扌母)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 424, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11944
- Dae Jaweon: page 773, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1862, character 5
- Unihan data for U+62C7
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 脢
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*mɯːs, *mɯː, *mɯːs
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| 挴
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*mlɯːʔ, *mɯːʔ
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| 海
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*hmlɯːʔ
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| 毐
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*ʔmɯː, *ʔmɯːʔ
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| 呣
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*mɯ
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| 拇
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*mɯʔ
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| 母
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*mɯʔ
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| 胟
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*mɯʔ
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| 姆
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*mɯʔ, *mɯs, *maːʔ
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| 畮
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*mɯʔ
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| 踇
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*mɯʔ
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| 苺
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*mɯs, *mɯːʔ, *mɯːs
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| 莓
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*mɯs, *mɯː, *mɯːs
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| 敏
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*mrɯʔ, *mrɯŋʔ
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| 鰵
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*mrɯŋʔ
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| 慜
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*mrɯŋʔ
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| 毋
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*ma
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| 梅
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*mɯː
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| 酶
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*mɯː
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| 鋂
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*mɯː
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| 每
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*mɯːʔ
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| 毎
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*mɯːs
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| 痗
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*mɯːs, *hmɯːs
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| 晦
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*hmɯːs
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| 誨
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*hmɯːs
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| 悔
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*hmɯːʔ, *hmɯːs
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| 霉
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*mrɯl
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mɯʔ): semantic 扌 + phonetic 母 (OC *mɯʔ).
Etymology
Sino-Tibetan; compare Proto-Loloish *C-ma³ (“thumb”) (Schuessler, 2007), as well as Burmese မ (ma., “main; feminine suffix”).
Possibly related to 母 (OC *mɯʔ, “mother”); compare Proto-Loloish *C-ma³ (“female suffix”), *ʔəC-ma³ (“mother”), Zhuang mehfwngz (“thumb”), derived from meh (“mother”).
Pronunciation
Note:
- bió/bó͘ - literary;
- bó/bú - vernacular.
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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拇
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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9287
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Phonetic
component
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母
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Rime
group
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之
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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母
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Old
Chinese
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/*mɯʔ/
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Definitions
拇
- (anatomy) thumb
- (anatomy) big toe
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
拇
(Hyōgai kanji)
- thumb
Readings
Korean
Hanja
拇 (eum 무 (mu))
- thumb
- big toe
Vietnamese
Han character
拇: Hán Nôm readings: mẫu
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