峨眉

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Chinese

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lofty; name of a mountain eyebrow; upper margin
trad. (峨眉)
simp. #(峨眉)
alternative forms 峨嵋
峩嵋
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峨眉。
note how the feelers of this moth resemble the peaks of Mount Emei (pictured above)

Etymology

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峨眉 derives from the word 蛾眉 (“the feathery feelers of a moth”), so named because the peaks of Mount Emei do in fact resemble the feelers of a moth (see pictures). The "insect" radical () on the left side of the first character was later replaced with the "mountain" radical (). Thus, eventually became , so as to denote the mountain. Occasionally, the radical is placed on top: . The "mountain" radical can be optionally added to the second character . Both 峨嵋 and 峨眉 have been used through the centuries.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (31) (4)
Final () (94) (17)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter nga mij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋɑ/ /mˠiɪ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋɑ/ /mᵚi/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋɑ/ /miɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋa/ /mji/
Li
Rong
/ŋɑ/ /mji/
Wang
Li
/ŋɑ/ /mi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋɑ/ /mi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
é
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ngo4 mei4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
méi
Middle
Chinese
‹ mij ›
Old
Chinese
/*mr[ə][r]/
English eyebrow

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 13032 8938
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋaːl/ /*mril/

Proper noun

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峨眉

  1. (~山) Mount Emei
  2. () Emei (a rural township in Hsinchu County, Taiwan)
  3. () (historical) Emei (a historical county of China; now Emeishan City, Sichuan)