描

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Translingual

Han character

描 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手廿田 (QTW), four-corner 54060, composition ⿰扌苗)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 441, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12339
  • Dae Jaweon: page 792, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1892, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+63CF

Chinese

trad. 描
simp. # 描

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (苗) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
貓 *mreːw, *mrew
描 *mreːw, *mrew
媌 *mreːw, *mreːwʔ
緢 *mreːwʔ, *mreːws, *mrew
苗 *mrew
猫 *mrew
庿 *mrews

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mreːw, *mrew) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 苗 (OC *mrew).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • biâu - literary;
  • biô - vernacular.
    Rime
    Character 描 描
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Initial (聲) 明 (4) 明 (4)
    Final (韻) 宵 (92) 肴 (90)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open Open
    Division (等) III II
    Fanqie 武瀌切 莫交切
    Baxter mjew maew
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/mˠiᴇu/ /mˠau/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/mᵚiɛu/ /mᵚau/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/miæu/ /mau/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/miaw/ /maɨw/
    Li
    Rong         		/mjɛu/ /mau/
    Wang
    Li         		/mĭɛu/ /mau/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/mi̯ɛu/ /mau/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		miáo máo
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		miu4 maau4
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 描 描
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    No. 9102 9107
    Phonetic
    component         		苗 苗
    Rime
    group         		宵 宵
    Rime
    subdivision         		2 2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		茅 苗
    Old
    Chinese         		/*mreːw/ /*mrew/

    Definitions

    描

    1. to copy; to trace; to sketch
    2. to depict; to describe

    Compounds

    References

    • “描”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
    • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “描”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 157.

    Japanese

    Kanji

    描

    (Jōyō kanji)

    1. picture, sketch, drawing, painting

    Readings

    • Go-on: みょう (myō)
    • Kan-on: びょう (byō, Jōyō)
    • Kun: えがく (egaku, 描く, Jōyō)、かく (kaku, 描く, Jōyō)、かき (kaki)

    Korean

    Hanja

    描 (eumhun 그릴 묘 (geuril myo))

    1. hanja form? of 묘 (“copy”)

    Compounds

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    描: Hán Nôm readings: miêu, miều

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