茅

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See also: 泖
茅 U+8305, 茅
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8305
← 茄
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 茆 →

Translingual

Han character

茅 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓戈竹 (TNIH), four-corner 44222, composition ⿱艹矛)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1026, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30836
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1485, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3199, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8305

Chinese

trad. 茅
simp. # 茅
alternative forms 茆

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (矛) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
堥 *muː, *mu
蓩 *muːʔ, *moːɡ
猱 *ml'uː, *mljiwʔ, *ml'us
茅 *mruː
罞 *mruː, *muːŋ
蝥 *mruː, *mu, *mo, *moɡs
鶜 *mruː
瞀 *moːɡs, *mroːɡ
愗 *moːɡs
袤 *mus
雺 *mus, *mu, *muːŋ, *muːŋs
懋 *mus
楙 *mus
矛 *mu
蟊 *mu
髳 *mu, *muːŋ
鍪 *mu
鞪 *mu, *moːɡ
糅 *ml'us
腬 *ml'us, *mlju
柔 *mlju
揉 *mju
蹂 *mju, *mjuʔ, *mjus
鍒 *mju
騥 *mju
蝚 *mju
葇 *mju, *mjuʔ
鞣 *mju, *mjus
鰇 *mju
瑈 *mju
鶔 *mju
楺 *mjuʔ
煣 *mjuʔ, *mjus
輮 *mjuʔ, *mjus
韖 *mjuʔ
敄 *moʔ, *mos
務 *moɡs
鶩 *moɡs, *moːɡ
騖 *moɡs
婺 *moɡs
霚 *moɡs, *moːŋ
嵍 *moɡs
霧 *moɡs, *moːŋ
霿 *moːŋ, *moːŋs
楘 *moːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mruː) : semantic 艹 (“plant”) + phonetic 矛 (OC *mu).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • bâu/mâu - literary;
  • hm̂ - vernacular.
Rime
Character 茅
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 肴 (90)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 莫交切
Baxter maew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mˠau/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mᵚau/
Shao
Rongfen 		/mau/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/maɨw/
Li
Rong 		/mau/
Wang
Li 		/mau/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/mau/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		máo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		maau4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 茅
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		máo
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mæw ›
Old
Chinese 		/*C.mˁru/
English kind of grass; "thatch"

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 茅
Reading # 1/1
No. 8803
Phonetic
component 		矛
Rime
group 		幽
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		茅
Old
Chinese 		/*mruː/

Definitions

茅

  1. cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica) (often used as thatch)
  2. (obsolete, metonymically) thatched cottage
  3. (obsolete, figurative) Tao
    See also: 茅山
  4. (obsolete) clear
  5. (obsolete) to become damaged
  6. (Cantonese, derogatory) not abiding by the rules; cheaty
    喂，你咁茅都得嘅？ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    wai3, nei5 gam3 maau4 dou1 dak1 ge2?
    Hey! How could you cheat like that?
    茅招 [Cantonese]  ―  maau4 ziu1   ―  dishonest tricks
    打茅波 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    daa2 maau4 bo1
    to violate rules when playing ball games / to use dishonest tricks (by extension)
  7. Alternative form of 旄 (máo)
  8. (historical) An ancient state in modern Shandong
  9. a surname
    茅于軾／茅于轼  ―  Máo Yúshì  ―  Mao Yushi

Synonyms

  • (cogon grass):

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

茅

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. thatch

Readings

  • Go-on: みょう (myō)←めう (meu, historical)
  • Kan-on: ぼう (bō)←ばう (bau, historical)
  • Kun: かや (kaya, 茅)、ち (chi, 茅)、ちがや (chigaya, 茅)

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
茅
ちがや
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
茅萱、白茅
 チガヤ on Japanese Wikipedia

Noun

茅(ちがや) or 茅(チガヤ) • (chigaya) 

  1. cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica)
Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
茅
かや
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
萱
 カヤ (草) on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Noun

茅(かや) • (kaya) 

  1. general term for grasses and sedges used for thatching
Derived terms

Korean

Hanja

茅 • (mo) (hangeul 모, revised mo, McCune–Reischauer mo, Yale mo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

茅: Hán Nôm readings: mao

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