莬

莬 U+83AC, 莬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83AC ← 莫 [U+83AB] CJK Unified Ideographs 莭 → [U+83AD]

Translingual

Han character

莬 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓日山 (TNAU), composition ⿱艹免)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1035, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31084
• Dae Jaweon: page 1494, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3237, character 9
• Unihan data for U+83AC

Chinese

trad.		莬
simp. #		莬

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
免	*mronʔ
娩	*mronʔ, *mronʔ, *m̥ʰons, *monʔ, *mons, *muns
勉	*mronʔ
俛	*mronʔ
鮸	*mronʔ
冕	*mronʔ
絻	*mronʔ, *moːn, *muns
婏	*m̥ʰos
浼	*muːlʔ
鞔	*moːn
悗	*moːn
嬎	*m̥ʰons
晚	*monʔ
挽	*monʔ
輓	*monʔ, *mons
脕	*monʔ, *mons, *muns
莬	*muns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèn, wǎn, miǎn (wen⁴, wan³, mian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˋ, ㄨㄢˇ, ㄇㄧㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wùn
    • Wade–Giles: wên⁴
    • Yale: wèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenn
    • Palladius: вэнь (vɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎn
    • Wade–Giles: wan³
    • Yale: wǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woan
    • Palladius: вань (vanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miǎn
    • Wade–Giles: mien³
    • Yale: myǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mean
    • Palladius: мянь (mjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: mjunH

Rime
Character	莬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	亡運切
Baxter	mjunH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨunH/
Pan Wuyun	/miunH/
Shao Rongfen	/miuənH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/munH/
Li Rong	/miuənH/
Wang Li	/mĭuənH/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯uənH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	man6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*muns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莬
Reading #	1/1
No.	9089
Phonetic component	免
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	問
Old Chinese	/*muns/
Notes	詩箋作脕

Definitions

莬

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Japanese

Kanji

莬

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ぶん (bun)、もん (mon)、ばん (ban)、まん (man)、べん (ben)、めん (men)