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See also:
U+9EF4, 黴
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EF4

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 203, +11, 23 strokes, cangjie input 竹人山火大 (HOUFK) or 難竹人山火 (XHOUF), four-corner 28240, composition 𪑛)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1521, character 47
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48196
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2057, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 851, character 25
  • Unihan data for U+9EF4

Chinese

trad.
simp. *
alternative forms

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mrɯl, *mɯːls) : phonetic (OC *mɯl) + semantic (black).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • mei4 - colloquial;
  • mui4 - variant.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (4) (4)
Final () (17) (42)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter mij mwojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mˠiɪ/ /muʌiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/mᵚi/ /muoiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/miɪ/ /muɒiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mji/ /mwəjH/
Li
Rong
/mji/ /muᴀiH/
Wang
Li
/mi/ /muɒiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/mi/ /muɑ̆iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
mèi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mei4 mui6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 12797 12800
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mrɯl/ /*mɯːls/
Notes

Definitions

  1. mold; mildew; must
  2. (alt. form ) to become moldy
  3. (of one's face) dirty; dingy; dark

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. mold

Readings

  • Go-on: (me) (mi)
  • Kan-on: ばい (bai) (bi)
  • On: まい (mai)
  • Kun: かび (kabi, )かびる (kabiru, 黴る)

Noun

Kanji in this term
かび
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
カビ

(かび) or (カビ) (kabi

  1. mold

Korean

Hanja

(mi) (hangeul , revised mi, McCune–Reischauer mi, Yale mi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: mai, mị

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References