美德

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See also: 美徳

Chinese

beautiful; beauty; America
Germany; virtue; goodness
Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind
 
trad. (美德) 美 德
simp. #(美德) 美 德

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 美 德
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 脂 (17) 德 (131)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 無鄙切 多則切
Baxter mijX tok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mˠiɪX/ /tək̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mᵚiX/ /tək̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/miɪX/ /tək̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/mjiX/ /tək̚/
Li
Rong 		/mjiX/ /tək̚/
Wang
Li 		/miX/ /tək̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/miX/ /tək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mǐ de
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mei5 dak1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 美 德
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		měi dé
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mijX › ‹ tok ›
Old
Chinese 		/*rəjʔ/ /*tˁək/
English beautiful virtue

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 美 德
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 8951 17266
Phonetic
component 		美 直
Rime
group 		脂 職
Rime
subdivision 		2 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		美 德
Old
Chinese 		/*mriʔ/ /*tɯːɡ/
Notes 甲文象大人首插翎羽表美觀，
取陳獨秀說

Noun

美德

  1. virtue (behaviour of a high moral standard); noble attribute
    孝順是中華民族的傳統美德。 [MSC, trad.]
    孝顺是中华民族的传统美德。 [MSC, simp.]
    Xiàoshùn shì zhōnghuámínzú de chuántǒng měidé.
    Filial piety is a traditional virtue of the Chinese people.

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Descendants

Sino-Xenic (美德):
  • → Japanese: 美(び)徳(とく) (bitoku)
  • → Korean: 미덕(美德) (mideok)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
美 德
び
Grade: 3 		とく
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 美德 – see the following entry.
【美徳びとく】
virtue
(This term, 美德, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
美德

Noun

美德 • (mideok) (hangeul 미덕)

  1. hanja form? of 미덕 (“virtue”)
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