黽

See also: 黾 and ⿻日电

黽	U+9EFD, 黽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EFD

← 黼
[U+9EFC]

CJK Unified Ideographs

黾 →
[U+9EFE]

⿌	U+2FCC, ⿌ KANGXI RADICAL FROG

← ⿋
[U+2FCB]

Kangxi Radicals

⿍ →
[U+2FCD]

Translingual

Traditional	黽
Shinjitai (extended)	⿻日电
Simplified	黾

Stroke order

Han character

See images of
Radical 205 黽

黽 (Kangxi radical 205, 黽+0, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口難山 (RXU), four-corner 7771₇, composition ⿹⿷⿻冂⿰一⿺乚⺊彐𰀄)

Kangxi radical #205, ⿌.

Derived characters

Appendix:Chinese radical/黽
僶, 𡢘, 𡽑, 憴, 澠, 𣋋, 𣎜, 𭬌, 𥜐, 𥀨, 𥋝, 繩, 蠅, 譝, 𨭘, 鱦, 䵴, 鄳, 𥀩, 𧕵, 𫁘, 𦌡, 竈

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1523, character 9
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48257
Dae Jaweon: page 2058, character 20
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4768, character 1
Unihan data for U+9EFD

Chinese

trad.		黽
simp.		黾
alternative forms		𪓑

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 黽
Shang		Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (黽) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
澠	mlenʔ, mliŋʔ, *ɦbljɯŋ
黽	mlenʔ, mliŋʔ, *mreːŋʔ
僶	*mliŋʔ
繩	*ɦbljɯŋ
譝	*ɦbljɯŋ
憴	*ɦbljɯŋ
鱦	ɦbljɯŋ, ɦbljɯŋ, b·lɯŋs, mraːŋʔ
蠅	*b·lɯŋ
鄳	mraːŋ, mraːŋʔ
鼆	*mreːŋʔ

Pictogram (象形) - a frog with a small tail. The meaning "to endeavor" is a phonetic loan.

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): měng (meng³)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maang⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: měng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: měng
  - Wade–Giles: mêng³
  - Yale: měng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeng
  - Palladius: мэн (mɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: maang⁵
  - Yale: máahng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maang⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: mang⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːŋ¹³/

Middle Chinese: meangX

Rime
Character	黽
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	耕 (117)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	武幸切
Baxter	meangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠɛŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚæŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/mɐŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məɨjŋ^X/
Li Rong	/mɛŋ^X/
Wang Li	/mæŋ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mæŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	měng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mang⁵

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤrəŋʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*mreːŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	黽
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	měng
Middle Chinese	‹ meang^X ›
Old Chinese	/*mˁrəŋʔ/
English	toad
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	黽
Reading #	3/3
No.	9176
Phonetic component	黽
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	䁅
Old Chinese	/*mreːŋʔ/

Definitions

黽

a kind of frog

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǐn (min³)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bín

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǐn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǐn
  - Wade–Giles: min³
  - Yale: mǐn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miin
  - Palladius: минь (minʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /min²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: man⁵
  - Yale: máhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: men⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bín
  - Tâi-lô: bín
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bien
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bin⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bin⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bin⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bin⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: mjinX

Rime
Character	黽
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	武盡切
Baxter	mjinX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miɪn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/min^X/
Shao Rongfen	/mjen^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/min^X/
Li Rong	/miĕn^X/
Wang Li	/mĭĕn^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯ĕn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǐn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	man⁵

Definitions

黽

(literary, alt. form 僶／𠊟) to endeavor; to strive for

Compounds

水黽 / 水黾 (shuǐmǐn)
黽勉 / 黾勉 (mǐnmiǎn)

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): miǎn (mian³)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁵ / min⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: miǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: miǎn
  - Wade–Giles: mien³
  - Yale: myǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mean
  - Palladius: мянь (mjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: man⁵ / min⁵
  - Yale: máhn / míhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁵ / min⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: men⁵ / min⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn¹³/, /miːn¹³/

Middle Chinese: mjienX, mjinX

Rime
Character	黽	黽
Reading #	2/3	1/3
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	彌兖切	武盡切
Baxter	mjienX	mjinX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇn^X/	/miɪn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛn^X/	/min^X/
Shao Rongfen	/mjæn^X/	/mjen^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mian^X/	/min^X/
Li Rong	/miɛn^X/	/miĕn^X/
Wang Li	/mĭɛn^X/	/mĭĕn^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛn^X/	/mi̯ĕn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	miǎn	mǐn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	min⁵	man⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*mlenʔ/, /*mliŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	黽	黽
Reading #	1/3	2/3
No.	9161	9162
Phonetic component	黽	黽
Rime group	元	眞
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	緬	泯
Old Chinese	/*mlenʔ/	/*mliŋʔ/
Notes	黽池	黽池

Definitions

黽

(alt. form 澠／渑) Only used in 黾池 (“an ancient place name”).

Pronunciation 4

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méng (meng²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: méng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: méng
  - Wade–Giles: mêng²
  - Yale: méng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meng
  - Palladius: мэн (mɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵/

Definitions

黽

Only used in 黽塞／黾塞 and 黽隘／黾隘.

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	⿻日电
Kyūjitai	黽

Kanji

黽

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form ⿻日电)

green frog

Readings

Go-on: みょう (myō)^{←みやう (myau, historical)}、みん (min)、めん (men)
Kan-on: びん (bin)、べん (ben)、もう (mō)^{←まう (mau, historical)}
Kan’yō-on: ぼう (bō)^{←ばう (bau, historical)}
Kun: あおがえる (aogaeru, 黽)、つとめる (tsutomeru, 黽める)

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 黽 (MC meangX). Recorded as Middle Korean 며ᇰ〯 (myěng) (Yale: myěng) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mɛŋ] ~ [me̞ŋ]
Phonetic hangul: [맹/멩]

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

黽

Wikisource

黽 (eumhun 맹꽁이 맹 (maengkkong'i maeng))

hanja form^? of 맹 (“a kind of frog”)

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 黽 (MC mjinX). Recorded as Middle Korean 민〯 (Yale: mǐn) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [min]
Phonetic hangul: [민]

Hanja

黽 (eumhun 힘쓸 민 (himsseul min))

hanja form^? of 민 (“used in personal names”)
(literary) hanja form^? of 민 (“to endeavor; to strive for”)

Compounds

민면 (黽勉, minmyeon)
수민 (水黽, sumin)
수민과 (水黽科, sumin'gwa)

Etymology 3

From Middle Chinese 黽 (MC mjienX). Recorded as Middle Korean 면〯 (Yale: myěn) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mjʌ̹n]
Phonetic hangul: [면]

Hanja

黽 (eumhun 고을 이름 면 (go'eul ireum myeon))

(historical) hanja form^? of 면 (“an ancient placename”)

Compounds

면지 (黽池, myeonji)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]
Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 17. [2]

Vietnamese

Han character

黽: Hán Nôm readings: mãnh

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