廟

See also: 庙

廟 U+5EDF, 廟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EDF ← 廞 [U+5EDE] CJK Unified Ideographs 廠 → [U+5EE0]

Translingual

Han character

廟 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 戈十十月 (IJJB), four-corner 0022₇, composition ⿸广朝)

Derived characters

• 𫗻(𬳙)

Related characters

• 庙 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 350, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9489
• Dae Jaweon: page 662, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 901, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5EDF

Chinese

trad.		廟
simp.		庙
alternative forms		庿

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
嘲	*ʔr'eːw
廟	*mrews
朝	*ʔr'ew, *r'ew
潮	*r'ew

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mrews) : semantic 广 + phonetic 朝 (OC *ʔr'ew, *r'ew).

Etymology

Possibly related to Proto-Hmong-Mien *prəuX (“house”), whence White Hmong tsev (“idem”) (Schuessler, 2007). Note also Burmese မြို့ (mrui., “town, city”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): miào (miao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): miao⁴

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): мё (mi͡o, III)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): miu⁶ / miu^6-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): miau⁵ / miau^5*

• Gan (Wiktionary): mieu⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): meu

  (Hailu, HRS): miau^˖

  (Meixian, Guangdong): miau⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): miau³
• Northern Min (KCR): miāu
• Eastern Min (BUC): miêu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): biō / biāu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhio⁷ / bhiê⁷

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶miau
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): miau⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miào
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miào
    • Wade–Giles: miao⁴
    • Yale: myàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miaw
    • Palladius: мяо (mjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: miao⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: miao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miau²¹³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: мё (mi͡o, III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miɔː⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: miu⁶ / miu^6-2
    • Yale: miuh / míu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: miu⁶ / miu^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: miu⁶ / miu^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːu̯²²/, /miːu̯²²⁻³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: miau⁵ / miau^5*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbiau³²/, /ᵐbiau³²⁻³²⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: mieu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miɛu¹¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: meu
    • Hakka Romanization System: meu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: meu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /meu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: miau^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /miau³³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: miau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /miau⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: miau³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /miau⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: miāu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miau⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: miêu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miɛu²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biō
    • Tâi-lô: biō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bioi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɤ³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bio⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bio²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bio³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biāu
    • Tâi-lô: biāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biau
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /biau²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biau⁴¹/

Note:

• biō - vernacular;
• biāu - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: bhio⁷ / bhiê⁷
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: biō / biē
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bio¹¹/, /bie¹¹/

Note:

• bhio7 - Shantou;
• bhiê7 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶miau
    • MiniDict: miau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³miau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /miɔ²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: miau⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɒu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mjewH

Rime
Character	廟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	眉召切
Baxter	mjewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiᴇuH/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚiɛuH/
Shao Rongfen	/miæuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miawH/
Li Rong	/mjɛuH/
Wang Li	/mĭɛuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	miào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	miu6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[m]raw-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mrews/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	廟
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	miào
Middle Chinese	‹ mjewH ›
Old Chinese	/*[m]raw-s/
English	a kind of building with side rooms
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	廟
Reading #	1/1
No.	1306
Phonetic component	朝
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	廟
Old Chinese	/*mrews/
Notes	古文作庿

Definitions

廟

1. (architecture, religion) temple (Classifier: 座; 間／间)

Usage notes

The term 廟 is primarily used in the formal names for the temples of traditional deities who rank fairly low in the celestial hierarchy. The temples of higher-ranking gods, such as Mazu after her elevation to the "Queen of Heaven" by the Qing dynasty, are usually known as 宮／宫 (gōng, “palace”).

Synonyms

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• 佛寺 (fósì) (Buddhist temple)
• 宮廟 / 宫庙 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 寶剎 / 宝刹 (bǎochà) (Buddhist temple)
• 寺
• 寺廟 / 寺庙 (sìmiào)
• 尪廟 / 尪庙 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 廟宇 / 庙宇 (miàoyǔ)
• 廟寺 / 庙寺 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 梵宇 (fànyǔ) (literary, Buddhist temple)
• 禪寺 / 禅寺 (chánsì) (Buddhist temple)
• 禪寺 / 禅寺 (chánsì) (Buddhist temple)
• 禪房 / 禅房 (chánfáng) (Buddhist temple)
• 禪林 / 禅林 (chánlín) (Buddhist temple)
• 禪院 / 禅院 (chányuàn) (Buddhist temple)

 

Compounds

• 七廟 / 七庙
• 三官廟 / 三官庙 (Sānguānmiào)
• 三義廟 / 三义庙
• 五妃廟 / 五妃庙
• 五臟廟 / 五脏庙
• 仙公廟 / 仙公庙 (xiāngōngmiào)
• 仙女廟 / 仙女庙
• 伍相廟 / 伍相庙 (Wǔxiàngmiào)
• 修五臟廟 / 修五脏庙
• 入屋叫人，入廟拜神 / 入屋叫人，入庙拜神
• 入廟登位 / 入庙登位
• 原廟 / 原庙
• 古廟 / 古庙 (gǔmiào)
• 同北廟 / 同北庙 (Tóngběimiào)
• 告廟 / 告庙
• 土地廟 / 土地庙 (tǔdìmiào)
• 城隍廟 / 城隍庙 (chénghuángmiào)
• 基隆廟口 / 基隆庙口
• 大廟 / 大庙
• 太廟 / 太庙 (tàimiào)
• 孔子廟 / 孔子庙 (Kǒngzǐmiào)
• 孔廟 / 孔庙 (Kǒngmiào)
• 學廟 / 学庙 (xuémiào)
• 宗廟 / 宗庙 (zōngmiào)
• 宗廟丘墟 / 宗庙丘墟
• 宮廟 / 宫庙 (gōngmiào)
• 家廟 / 家庙 (jiāmiào)
• 寢廟 / 寝庙
• 寺廟 / 寺庙 (sìmiào)
• 小廟 / 小庙
• 岳廟 / 岳庙
• 嶽廟 / 岳庙
• 廊廟 / 廊庙
• 廊廟器 / 廊庙器
• 廊廟宰 / 廊庙宰
• 廊廟材 / 廊庙材
• 廟下 / 庙下 (Miàoxià)
• 廟主 / 庙主
• 廟享 / 庙享
• 廟令 / 庙令
• 廟公 / 庙公 (miàogōng)
• 廟前 / 庙前 (Miàoqián)
• 廟堂 / 庙堂 (miàotáng)
• 廟堂之器 / 庙堂之器
• 廟堂文學 / 庙堂文学
• 廟宇 / 庙宇 (miàoyǔ)
• 廟小妖風大，池淺王八多 / 庙小妖风大，池浅王八多 (miào xiǎo yāofēng dà, chí qiǎn wángbā duō)
• 廟廊之彥 / 庙廊之彦
• 廟廷 / 庙廷
• 廟會 / 庙会 (miàohuì)
• 廟朝 / 庙朝
• 廟河 / 庙河 (Miàohé)
• 廟灘 / 庙滩 (Miàotān)
• 廟略 / 庙略
• 廟祝 / 庙祝 (miàozhù)
• 廟蘆 / 庙芦 (Miàolú)
• 廟號 / 庙号 (miàohào)
• 廟見 / 庙见
• 廟諱 / 庙讳
• 廟謨 / 庙谟
• 廟議 / 庙议
• 廟頭 / 庙头 (Miàotóu)
• 廟食 / 庙食
• 彰化孔廟 / 彰化孔庙
• 文廟 / 文庙 (wénmiào)
• 新廟 / 新庙 (Xīnmiào)
• 李廟 / 李庙 (Lǐmiào)
• 東嶽廟 / 东岳庙 (Dōngyuèmiào)
• 東廟 / 东庙 (Dōngmiào)
• 柴家廟 / 柴家庙 (Cháijiāmiào)
• 歇馬廟 / 歇马庙 (Xiēmǎmiào)
• 歐廟 / 欧庙 (Ōumiào)
• 武廟 / 武庙 (wǔmiào)
• 殘燈末廟 / 残灯末庙
• 汪廟 / 汪庙 (Wāngmiào)
• 清廟 / 清庙
• 火燒祆廟 / 火烧祆庙
• 火神廟 / 火神庙
• 玄謀廟算 / 玄谋庙算
• 王廟 / 王庙 (Wángmiào)
• 玉皇廟 / 玉皇庙 (Yùhuángmiào)
• 白廟 / 白庙 (Báimiào)
• 百靈廟 / 百灵庙 (Bǎilíngmiào)
• 破廟 / 破庙
• 神廟 / 神庙 (shénmiào)
• 祔廟 / 祔庙
• 祖廟 / 祖庙 (zǔmiào)
• 祭五臟廟 / 祭五脏庙
• 紅馬廟 / 红马庙 (Hóngmǎmiào)
• 老君廟 / 老君庙
• 老爺廟 / 老爷庙
• 聖廟 / 圣庙 (shèngmiào)
• 臺南孔廟 / 台南孔庙
• 彪家廟 / 彪家庙 (Biāojiāmiào)
• 辭廟 / 辞庙
• 郊廟 / 郊庙
• 郊廟歌辭 / 郊庙歌辞
• 鐵廟 / 铁庙 (Tiěmiào)
• 鐵廟溝 / 铁庙沟 (Tiěmiàogōu)
• 開廟 / 开庙
• 關帝廟 / 关帝庙 (Guāndìmiào)
• 關廟 / 关庙 (Guānmiào)
• 陰廟 / 阴庙 (yīnmiào)
• 陵廟 / 陵庙
• 雙廟 / 双庙 (Shuāngmiào)
• 顏家廟碑 / 颜家庙碑
• 顧廟 / 顾庙 (Gùmiào)
• 顯忠廟 / 显忠庙 (Xiǎnzhōngmiào)
• 馬曹廟 / 马曹庙 (Mǎcáomiào)
• 高基廟 / 高基庙 (Gāojīmiào)
• 高廟 / 高庙 (Gāomiào)
• 黃陵廟 / 黄陵庙 (Huánglíngmiào)
• 黃龍廟 / 黄龙庙 (Huánglóngmiào)
• 龍王廟 / 龙王庙 (lóngwángmiào)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (廟):

• → Japanese: 廟(びょう) (byō)
• → Korean: 묘(廟) (myo)
• → Vietnamese: miếu (廟)

Others:

• → Proto-Be: *miːwᴮꟲ²
  • Lingao: miu⁴
• → Lü: ᦶᦖᧁᧈ (ṁaew¹)

References

• “廟”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	Shinjitai (extended)	廟󠄀 廟+󠄀? (Adobe-Japan1)
廟󠄂 廟+󠄂? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
Kyūjitai	廟
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Kanji

廟

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: みょう (myō)^{←めう (meu, historical)}
• Kan-on: びょう (byō)^{←べう (beu, historical)}
• Kun: たまや (tamaya, 廟)、みたまや (mitamaya, 廟)、やしろ (yashiro, 廟)

Noun

廟(びょう) • (byō) 

1. mausoleum
2. shrine
3. palace

Korean

Hanja

廟 (eumhun 사당 묘 (sadang myo))

1. hanja form^? of 묘 (“temple, shrine”)
2. hanja form^? of 묘 (“imperial court”)

Vietnamese

Han character

廟: Hán Nôm readings: miếu, mưỡu, méo, miễu

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