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Translingual
Han character
磨 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 戈金一口 (ICMR) or 戈木一口 (IDMR), four-corner 00261, composition ⿸麻石)
Derived characters
- 嚰, 𫾚, 𣟖, 礳, 𥽨, 耱, 𨇢, 𭍁, 饝, 𨟖, 蘑
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 835, character 39
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24449
- Dae Jaweon: page 1253, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2453, character 13
- Unihan data for U+78E8
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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麻
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*mraːl
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痲
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*mraːl
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犘
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*mraːl
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縻
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*mral
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醿
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*mral
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爢
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*mral
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蘼
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*mral, *mralʔ, *mrɯl
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靡
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*mralʔ
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摩
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*maːl, *maːls
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魔
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*maːl
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磨
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*maːl, *maːls
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劘
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*maːl
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麽
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*maːl
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麼
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*maːlʔ
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塺
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*maːls, *mɯːl
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麾
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*hmral
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Originally written as 䃺 (mó). Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *maːl, *maːls) : semantic 石 (“rock”) + abbreviated phonetic 靡 (OC *mralʔ).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Note:
- muài - vernacular;
- mò̤ - literary.
Note:
- bôa - vernacular;
- mô͘ - literary.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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磨
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Reading #
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1/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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mó
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Middle Chinese
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‹ ma ›
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Old Chinese
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/*mˁaj/
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English
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rub, grind
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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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磨
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Reading #
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1/2
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No.
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8706
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Phonetic component
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麻
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Rime group
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歌
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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摩
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Old Chinese
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/*maːl/
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Definitions
磨
- to grind; to sharpen
- to rub; to chafe
- to wear away; to obliterate
- to wear out; to wear down; to erode
- to dawdle; to waste (time)
- to pester; to plague (someone)
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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磨
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Reading #
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2/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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mò
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Middle Chinese
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‹ maH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*mˁaj-s/
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English
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grinding stone
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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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磨
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Reading #
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2/2
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No.
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8710
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Phonetic component
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麻
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Rime group
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歌
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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Old Chinese
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/*maːls/
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Definitions
磨
- grinder; mill
- to grind; to mill
- to turn around
- (Cantonese) to waste time
Compounds
Etymology 3
Possibly from 摩 (OC *maːl, “to approach; to touch; to draw near”); cognate with Cantonese 埋 (maai4, “to approach”) (Yan et al., 2016).
Pronunciation
Definitions
磨
- (Teochew) to approach
快々行庅问一声 尔是何人呾吾听 [Teochew, trad. and simp.]- From: late Qing/early Republic, anonymous, 古板秦世美全歌 book 3
- kuai3 kuai3 gian5 bhua5 mung7 zêg8 sian1, le2 si6 ho5 nang5 dan3 ua2 tian1 [Peng'im]
- quickly drew in closer to ask, “tell me who you are.”
Japanese
Kanji
磨
(Jōyō kanji)
- to polish
- to grind
- to brush (teeth)
Readings
From Middle Chinese 磨 (MC ma); compare Mandarin 磨 (mó):
From Middle Chinese 磨 (MC maH); compare Mandarin 磨 (mò):
From native Japanese roots:
Compounds
References
- ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1546 (paper), page 825 (digital)
- ^ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 885 (paper), page 455 (digital)
Korean
Hanja
磨 (eumhun 갈 마 (gal ma))
- hanja form? of 마 (“grind, polish, rub, wear out”)
- hanja form? of 마 (“millstone”)
Vietnamese
Han character
磨: Hán Nôm readings: ma, mài
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