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Translingual
Han character
茙 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿戈十 (TIJ), four-corner 44453, composition ⿱艹戎)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1027, character 25
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30868
- Dae Jaweon: page 1486, character 22
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3199, character 7
- Unihan data for U+8319
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 娀
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*snuŋ
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| 戎
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*njuŋ
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| 茙
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*njuŋ
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| 駥
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*njuŋ
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| 狨
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*njuŋ
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| 絨
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*njuŋ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *njuŋ) : semantic 艸 + phonetic 戎 (OC *njuŋ).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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茙
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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róng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ nyuwng ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*nuŋ/ (< *num?)
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| English
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a kind of bean
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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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茙
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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10850
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Phonetic
component
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戎
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Rime
group
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終
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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戎
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Old
Chinese
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/*njuŋ/
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Definitions
茙
- Only used in 茙葵.