靺鞨

Chinese

		name of a tribe; socks; stockings	buskin; name of a tribe; turban
trad. (靺鞨)		靺	鞨
simp. #(靺鞨)		靺	鞨

Alternative forms

• 勿吉

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mòhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mut⁶ hot³ / mut⁶ hot⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mòhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mòhé
    • Wade–Giles: Mo⁴-ho²
    • Yale: Mwò-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mohher
    • Palladius: Мохэ (Moxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mut⁶ hot³ / mut⁶ hot⁶
    • Yale: muht hot / muht hoht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mut⁹ hot⁸ / mut⁹ hot⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mud⁶ hod³ / mud⁶ hod⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːt̚² hɔːt̚³/, /muːt̚² hɔːt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: mat hat

Rime
Character	靺	鞨
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	末 (64)	曷 (63)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	莫撥切	胡葛切
Baxter	mat	hat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muɑt̚/	/ɦɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷɑt̚/	/ɦɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑt̚/	/ɣɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwat̚/	/ɦat̚/
Li Rong	/muɑt̚/	/ɣɑt̚/
Wang Li	/muɑt̚/	/ɣɑt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/muɑt̚/	/ɣɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mò	hé
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mut6	hot6

Proper noun

靺鞨

1. Mohe, an ancient ethnic group in Northeast China, Far East Russia and Northern Korea

Japanese

Kanji in this term
靺	鞨
まつ > まっ Hyōgai	かつ Hyōgai
on'yomi

Proper noun

靺(まっ)鞨(かつ) • (Makkatsu) 

1. Mohe, an ancient ethnic group in Northeast China, Far East Russia and Northern Korea

Korean

Hanja in this term
靺	鞨

Proper noun

靺鞨 • (Malgal) (hangeul 말갈)

1. hanja form^? of 말갈 (“Mohe, an ancient ethnic group in Northeast China, Far East Russia and Northern Korea”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
靺	鞨

Proper noun

靺鞨

1. chữ Hán form of Mạt Hạt (“Mohe, an ancient ethnic group in Northeast China, Far East Russia and Northern Korea”).