See also:
U+7F8B, 羋
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7F8B

[U+7F8A]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+7F8C]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 123, +1, 7 strokes, cangjie input 廿手 (TQ) or 難難廿手 (XXTQ), four-corner 11500, composition ⿱⿴ or ⿱⿴𰀁)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 951, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28428
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1393, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 29, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+7F8B

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

Ideogram (指事) : (“sheep”) with a mark indicating its bleating.

Etymology 1

trad.
simp.
alternative forms

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation


Note:
  • me1, me5 - vernacular;
  • mei5 - literary.

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (4)
    Final () (11)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie 綿
    Baxter mjieX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /miᴇX/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /miɛX/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /mjɛX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /miə̆X/
    Li
    Rong
    /mieX/
    Wang
    Li
    /mǐeX/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /mie̯X/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    mei5
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 9016
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*meʔ/

    Definitions

    1. baa! (the bleating of a sheep)

    Etymology 2

    From a Kam–Tai word for “bear” (Schuessler, 2007 apud Yan, 1983); compare Proto-Tai *ʰmwɯjᴬ (bear) (> Thai หมี (mǐi), Zhuang mui). The Records of the Grand Historian records that this was the family name () of the ruling family of the state of Chu (), while (OC *ɢʷlɯm, “bear”) was the clan name ().

    Pronunciation



    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (4)
    Final () (11)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie 綿
    Baxter mjieX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /miᴇX/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /miɛX/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /mjɛX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /miə̆X/
    Li
    Rong
    /mieX/
    Wang
    Li
    /mǐeX/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /mie̯X/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    mei5
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 9016
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*meʔ/

    Definitions

    1. a surname

    Japanese

    Kanji

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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    Readings

    • On (unclassified): (ba); (ma); (bi); (mi)

    Korean

    Hanja

    • (mi) (hangeul , revised mi, McCuneReischauer mi, Yale mi)

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    : Hán Nôm readings: mị

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