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Translingual
Han character
霉 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一月人田卜 (MBOWY), four-corner 10507, composition ⿱⻗每)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1375, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42302
- Dae Jaweon: page 1884, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4065, character 1
- Unihan data for U+9709
Chinese
Etymology 1
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 脢
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*mɯːs, *mɯː, *mɯːs
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| 挴
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*mlɯːʔ, *mɯːʔ
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| 海
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*hmlɯːʔ
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| 毐
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*ʔmɯː, *ʔmɯːʔ
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| 呣
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*mɯ
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| 拇
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*mɯʔ
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| 母
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*mɯʔ
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| 胟
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*mɯʔ
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| 姆
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*mɯʔ, *mɯs, *maːʔ
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| 畮
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*mɯʔ
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| 踇
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*mɯʔ
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| 苺
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*mɯs, *mɯːʔ, *mɯːs
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| 莓
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*mɯs, *mɯː, *mɯːs
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| 敏
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*mrɯʔ, *mrɯŋʔ
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| 鰵
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*mrɯŋʔ
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| 慜
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*mrɯŋʔ
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| 毋
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*ma
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| 梅
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*mɯː
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| 酶
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*mɯː
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| 鋂
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*mɯː
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| 每
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*mɯːʔ
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| 毎
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*mɯːs
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| 痗
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*mɯːs, *hmɯːs
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| 晦
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*hmɯːs
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| 誨
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*hmɯːs
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| 悔
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*hmɯːʔ, *hmɯːs
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| 霉
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*mrɯl
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mrɯl) : semantic 雨 (“rain”) + phonetic 每 (OC *mɯːʔ).
Pronunciation
Note:
- mui4 - colloquial;
- mei4 - variant.
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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霉
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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9320
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Phonetic
component
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母
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Rime
group
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微
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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眉
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Old
Chinese
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/*mrɯl/
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| Notes
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黴晚起分化字
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Definitions
霉
- to become moldy; mildewed
- (Cantonese, of garment) worn out
件衫著到霉晒都唔肯抌。 [Cantonese, trad.]
件衫着到霉晒都唔肯抌。 [Cantonese, simp.]- gin6 saam1 zoek3 dou3 mui4 saai3 dou1 m4 hang2 dam2.
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Compounds
References
Etymology 2
Glyph origin
Designated as the simplified form of 黴 in the Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (漢字簡化方案) (1956).
Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of 霉 – see 黴 (“mold; mildew; must”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of 黴). |
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References
Japanese
Kanji
霉
(Hyōgai kanji)
- mold
Readings
Korean
Hanja
霉 • (mae) (hangeul 매, revised mae, McCune–Reischauer mae, Yale may)
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Vietnamese
Han character
霉: Hán Nôm readings: mai, môi
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References