氂

See also: 牦 and 犛

氂 U+6C02, 氂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C02 ← 氁 [U+6C01] CJK Unified Ideographs 氃 → [U+6C03]

Translingual

Han character

氂 (Kangxi radical 82, 毛+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 十大一竹山 (JKMHU), four-corner 4771₄, composition ⿸𠩺毛)

1. yak tail
2. long-haired

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 595, character 46
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16952
• Dae Jaweon: page 987, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2004, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6C02

Chinese

trad.		氂
simp.		牦*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
毛	*maːw, *maːws
髦	*maːw
旄	*maːw, *maːws
芼	*maːw, *maːws
氂	*rɯ, *maːw
枆	*maːw
酕	*maːw
牦	*maːw
耄	*maːws
覒	*maːws
眊	*maːws, *mraːwɢ
耗	*hmaːws
秏	*hmaːws, *hmɯːbs
毣	*mraːwɢ, *moːwɢ

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

	Old Chinese
犛	*rɯː, *rɯ, *maːw, *mraːw
釐	*rɯ
嫠	*rɯ
剺	*rɯ
孷	*rɯ
漦	*sɦrɯ
氂	*rɯ, *maːw

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lí, máo (li², mao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ, ㄇㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴ / mou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lí
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lí
    • Wade–Giles: li²
    • Yale: lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: li
    • Palladius: ли (li)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máo
    • Wade–Giles: mao²
    • Yale: máu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau
    • Palladius: мао (mao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lei⁴ / mou⁴
    • Yale: lèih / mòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴ / mou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴ / mou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹/, /mou̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: li, maw

Rime
Character	氂	氂
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	里之切	莫袍切
Baxter	li	maw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨ/	/mɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/lɨ/	/mɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/lie/	/mɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɨ/	/maw/
Li Rong	/liə/	/mɑu/
Wang Li	/lĭə/	/mɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li/	/mɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lí	máo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lei4	mou4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rɯ/, /*maːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	氂	氂
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7808	8784
Phonetic component	釐	毛
Rime group	之	宵
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	釐	毛
Old Chinese	/*rɯ/	/*maːw/

Definitions

氂

1. Alternative form of 犛／牦
2. tail of a horse

   • 執而不釋，馬氂截玉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     执而不释，马牦截玉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Huainanzi, 2^nd century BCE

     Zhí ér bùshì, mǎmáo jié yù. [Pinyin]

     Grasped tightly and not released, a [hair from a] horse's tail cuts jade.

3. long tail
4. Alternative form of 斄／𭤎

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B01993
• “氂”, 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

Kanji

氂

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): り (ri)、ぼう (bō)、もう (mō)、らい (rai)

Vietnamese

Han character

氂: Hán Nôm readings: li, ly, mao

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References

• Nom Foundation