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See also: 駡 and 骂
罵 U+7F75, 罵
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7F75
← 罴
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 罶 →

Translingual

Han character

罵 (Kangxi radical 122, 网+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 田中尸手火 (WLSQF), four-corner 60327, composition ⿱罒馬)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 949, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28333
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1390, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4547, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+7F75

Chinese

trad. 罵/駡
simp. 骂
alternative forms 𦋻
傌／骂
嗎／吗
𩡿

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 罵
Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (馬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
馬 *mraːʔ
碼 *mraːʔ
罵 *mraːʔ, *mraːs
鷌 *mraːʔ
鰢 *mraːʔ
瑪 *mraːʔ
榪 *mraːs
傌 *mraːs
禡 *mraːs
媽 *maːʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mraːʔ, *mraːs) : semantic 网 + phonetic 馬 (OC *mraːʔ). The original version is 𦋻. See also 詈 (< 𧧧).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese:
    • mē/mēe - vernacular;
    • mā - literary.
Rime
Character 罵 罵
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 麻 (98) 麻 (98)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II II
Fanqie 莫下切 莫駕切
Baxter maeX maeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mˠaX/ /mˠaH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mᵚaX/ /mᵚaH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/maX/ /maH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/maɨX/ /maɨH/
Li
Rong 		/maX/ /maH/
Wang
Li 		/maX/ /maH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/maX/ /maH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mǎ mà
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		maa5 maa6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 罵
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		mà
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mæH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*C.mˁra-s/
English scold, revile

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 罵 罵
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 8717 8721
Phonetic
component 		馬 馬
Rime
group 		魚 魚
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		馬 禡
Old
Chinese 		/*mraːʔ/ /*mraːs/
Notes 見史記 見史記

Definitions

罵

  1. to chide; to blame
  2. to curse; to swear
  3. to scold

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 罵 (“to scold”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 罵
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 罵, 啳
Taiwan 罵
Malaysia 罵
Singapore 罵
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 罵, 啳
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 罵, 噘
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 罵
Wuhan 罵, 通
Guilin 罵
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 罵
Hefei 抽, 噘
Cantonese Guangzhou 鬧, 㨘, 插, 屌 vulgar
Hong Kong 鬧, 㨘, 插, 屌 vulgar
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 鬧
Macau 鬧
Guangzhou (Panyu) 鬧
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 鬧
Guangzhou (Conghua) 鬧
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 怒
Foshan 鬧
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 嗌
Foshan (Shunde) 鬧
Foshan (Sanshui) 鬧
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 鬧
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 鬧
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 鬧
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 鬧
Zhuhai (Doumen) 鬧
Jiangmen (Baisha) 鬧
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 鬧
Taishan 鬧
Kaiping (Chikan) 鬧
Enping (Niujiang) 鬧
Heshan (Yayao) 鬧
Dongguan 鬧
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 鬧
Yangjiang 數
Beihai 嬲
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 嬲
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 嬲
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 嬲
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 鬧
Singapore (Guangfu) 鬧
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 鬧
Móng Cái 嬲
Gan Nanchang 罵
Hakka Meixian 罵, 嘟
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 鬧
Dongguan (Qingxi) 罵
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 罵
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 罵
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 罵
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 罵
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 罵
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 罵
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 罵
Singapore (Dabu) 罵
Jin Taiyuan 罵
Northern Min Jian'ou 罵, 詈
Eastern Min Fuzhou 罵, 嚗
Southern Min Xiamen 罵, 詈
Quanzhou 罵, 詈
Jinjiang 罵
Zhangzhou 罵, 詈
Zhao'an 罵
Taipei 罵
New Taipei (Sanxia) 罵
Kaohsiung 罵
Yilan 罵
Changhua (Lukang) 罵
Taichung 罵
Tainan 罵
Hsinchu 罵
Kinmen 罵
Penghu (Magong) 罵
Penang (Hokkien) 罵
Singapore (Hokkien) 罵, 姦 vulgar
Manila (Hokkien) 罵, 𧮙
Chaozhou 罵
Shantou 罵, 咅
Shantou (Chaoyang) 罵
Jieyang 罵, 咅, 誧咅, 誧倫, 誧罵
Singapore (Teochew) 罵
Wenchang 罵
Singapore (Hainanese) 罵
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 罵
Wu Suzhou 罵
Ningbo 𧮙
Wenzhou 𧮙, 謴
Xiang Changsha 罵, 咒, 反
Shuangfeng 咒, 罵

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

罵

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
罵
ば
Grade: S
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 罵 (MC maeX|maeH).

Pronunciation

Affix

罵(ば) • (ba) 

  1. abuse; insult

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 罵 (MC maeX|maeH). Recorded as Middle Korean 마〯 (mǎ) (Yale: mǎ) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): ~
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

罵 (eumhun 꾸짖을 매 (kkujijeul mae))

  1. hanja form? of 매 (“to scold”)

Compounds

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

罵: Hán Nôm readings: mạ, mắng, mà, mựa

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