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Translingual
Han character
昧 (Kangxi radical 72, 日 +5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 日十木 (AJD ), four-corner 65090 , composition ⿰日 未 )
Derived characters
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 493 , character 12
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13846
Dae Jaweon: page 857, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1497, character 1
Unihan data for U+6627
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
寐
*mids
魅
*mrɯds
鬽
*mrɯds
昧
*mɯːds
妹
*mɯːds
眛
*maːds, *mɯːds
沬
*maːds, *hmɯːds, *mɯds
未
*mɯds
味
*mɯds
鮇
*mɯds
菋
*mɯds
Pronunciation 1
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
昧
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
mèi
Middle Chinese
‹ mwojH ›
Old Chinese
/*mˁ-s/
English
dusk; dark
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
昧
Reading #
1/1
No.
12913
Phonetic component
未
Rime group
隊
Rime subdivision
1
Corresponding MC rime
妹
Old Chinese
/*mɯːds/
Definitions
昧
ignorant ; stupid ; foolish
to hide away ; to conceal
( literary ) dark ; gloomy
( literary ) to venture ; to risk
† to violate
† to covet ; to be greedy for
An ancient type of music in eastern tribes in ancient China.
A star.
Compounds
Descendants
→ Proto-Tai: *mɯːtᴰ
Thai: มืด ( mʉ̂ʉt , “ dark ” )
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
昧
† to cut ; to sever
Pronunciation 3
Definitions
昧
† Used in person's names.
Japanese
Kanji
昧
(Jōyō kanji )
dark
foolish
Readings
Korean
Hanja
昧 • (mae ) (hangeul 매 , revised mae, McCune–Reischauer mae, Yale may)
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Vietnamese
Han character
昧 : Hán Nôm readings: muội , mội
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