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Translingual
Han character
麰 (Kangxi radical 199, 麥+6, 17 strokes, cangjie input 十水戈竹手 (JEIHQ), four-corner 43450 or 43405, composition ⿰麥牟(G) or ⿺麥牟(HTJK))
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1513, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47774
- Dae Jaweon: page 2042, character 20
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4603, character 11
- Unihan data for U+9EB0
Chinese
| trad.
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麰
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| simp.
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𮮇
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| alternative forms
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| 𮮇 (móu) - nonstandard form in simplified Chinese
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Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 牟
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*mu
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| 眸
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*mu
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| 侔
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*mu
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| 蛑
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*mu
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| 麰
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*mu
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| 劺
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*mu
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| 恈
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*mu
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| 鴾
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*mu
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mu) : semantic 麥 (“wheat”) + phonetic 牟 (OC *mu).
Etymology
Perhaps from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(m/b)rəw (“grain; seed; lineage”) (STEDT); see 物 (OC *mɯd, “thing, matter, substance”) for more cognates.
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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麰
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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9271
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Phonetic
component
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牟
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Rime
group
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幽
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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謀
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Old
Chinese
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/*mu/
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Definitions
麰
- (archaic) barley
- Synonym: 大麥／大麦 (dàmài)
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
麰
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
麰 • (mo) (hangeul 모, revised mo, McCune–Reischauer mo, Yale mo)
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