燘

燘 U+71D8, 燘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-71D8 ← 燗 [U+71D7] CJK Unified Ideographs 燙 → [U+71D9]

Translingual

Han character

燘 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 火日弓大 (FANK), four-corner 9782₀, composition ⿰火閔)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 683, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19432
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2238, character 6
• Unihan data for U+71D8

Chinese

trad.		燘
simp.		𬊖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měi (mei³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁵
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵hue

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měi
    • Wade–Giles: mei³
    • Yale: měi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meei
    • Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mui⁵
    • Yale: múih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mui⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵hue
    • MiniDict: hue^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²hue
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hue³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: xwojX, mwojX

Rime
Character	燘	燘
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	呼罪切	武罪切
Baxter	xwojX	mwojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/huʌiX/	/muʌiX/
Pan Wuyun	/huoiX/	/muoiX/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɒiX/	/muɒiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwəjX/	/mwəjX/
Li Rong	/xuᴀiX/	/muᴀiX/
Wang Li	/xuɒiX/	/muɒiX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xuɑ̆iX/	/muɑ̆iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huǐ	měi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fui2	mui5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯːlʔ/, /*hmɯːlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	燘	燘
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9157	9159
Phonetic component	閔	閔
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	浼	賄
Old Chinese	/*mɯːlʔ/	/*hmɯːlʔ/

Definitions

燘

1. (of meat, vegetable, etc.) well cooked
2. (of fruits) fully ripened
3. knowing something thoroughly; knowing something inside out
4. (Cantonese) to suck or chew without using one's teeth

   alt. forms: 妹

5. (Cantonese) to do something slowly