瘼

瘼 U+763C, 瘼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-763C ← 瘻 [U+763B] CJK Unified Ideographs 瘽 → [U+763D]

Translingual

Han character

瘼 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 大廿日大 (KTAK), four-corner 0013₄, composition ⿸疒莫)

1. sickness
2. distress

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 779, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22469
• Dae Jaweon: page 1189, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2688, character 3
• Unihan data for U+763C

Chinese

trad.		瘼
simp. #		瘼

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 瘼
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
蟆	*mraː
鬕	*mraːɡs
饃	*maːl
模	*maː
摸	*maː, *maːɡ
嫫	*maː
謨	*maː
膜	*maː, *maːɡ
摹	*maː
暮	*maːɡs
慕	*maːɡs
募	*maːɡs
墓	*maːɡs
慔	*maːɡs
莫	*maːɡ
寞	*maːɡ
漠	*maːɡ
幕	*maːɡ
鏌	*maːɡ
瘼	*maːɡ
鄚	*maːɡ
瞙	*maːɡ
嗼	*maːɡ, *mraːɡ
塻	*maːɡ
貘	*mraːɡ
驀	*mraːɡ

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mò (mo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mok⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mò
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mò
    • Wade–Giles: mo⁴
    • Yale: mwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh
    • Palladius: мо (mo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mok⁶
    • Yale: mohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: mak

Rime
Character	瘼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	慕各切
Baxter	mak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/mɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mak̚/
Li Rong	/mɑk̚/
Wang Li	/mɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/mɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mok6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*maːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瘼
Reading #	1/1
No.	9259
Phonetic component	莫
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	莫
Old Chinese	/*maːɡ/

Definitions

瘼

1. (literary) hardship; suffering

   • 亂離瘼矣，爰其適歸。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     乱离瘼矣，爰其适归。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Luànlí mò yǐ, yuán qí shì guī. [Pinyin]

     Amid such distress of disorder and dispersion,
     Whither can I betake myself?

Compounds

• 民瘼 (mínmò)

 

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mò (mo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mok⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mò
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mò
    • Wade–Giles: mo⁴
    • Yale: mwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh
    • Palladius: мо (mo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mok⁶
    • Yale: mohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bok
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔk̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: mak

Rime
Character	瘼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	慕各切
Baxter	mak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/mɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mak̚/
Li Rong	/mɑk̚/
Wang Li	/mɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/mɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mok6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*maːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瘼
Reading #	1/1
No.	9259
Phonetic component	莫
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	莫
Old Chinese	/*maːɡ/

Definitions

瘼

1. (literary) hardship; suffering

   • 亂離瘼矣，爰其適歸。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     乱离瘼矣，爰其适归。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Luànlí mò yǐ, yuán qí shì guī. [Pinyin]

     Amid such distress of disorder and dispersion,
     Whither can I betake myself?

Compounds

• 民瘼 (mínmò)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mo͘h

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mo͘h
    • Tâi-lô: mooh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moq
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃ʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃ʔ⁵/

Definitions

瘼

1. (Hokkien) to cave in towards the center, reducing the thickness of it (of the surface of an object)

   球無風，規粒瘼落去。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   球无风，规粒瘼落去。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Kiû bô hong, kui lia̍p mo͘h lo̍h-khì. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   There was no air in the ball, the entire thing having caved in.

2. (Hokkien) to become emaciated (of one's face)

   伊這擺發燒落屎，面褿瘼落去。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   伊这摆发烧落屎，面褿瘼落去。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   I chit-pái hoat-sio làu-sái, bīn chiâu mo͘h lo̍h-khì. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   He got a fever and diarrhea this time, his face became entirely emaciated.

Japanese

Kanji

瘼

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ばく (baku)、まく (maku)
• Kun: やむ (yamu)