韎

韎 U+97CE, 韎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-97CE ← 韍 [U+97CD] CJK Unified Ideographs 韏 → [U+97CF]

Translingual

Han character

韎 (Kangxi radical 178, 韋+5, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木手木十 (DQDJ), four-corner 4559₀, composition ⿰韋末)

1. grass that gives red dye

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1393, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43126
• Dae Jaweon: page 1908, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4504, character 3
• Unihan data for U+97CE

Chinese

simp. and trad.		韎
alternative forms		𣝖 ancient

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
眛	*maːds, *mɯːds
沬	*maːds, *hmɯːds, *mɯds
佅	*mraːds
韎	*mreːds, *maːd
帓	*mraːd
粖	*meːd, *maːd
末	*maːd
昩	*maːd
秣	*maːd
靺	*maːd
眜	*maːd
抹	*maːd
妺	*maːd
怽	*maːd
沫	*maːd
袜	*maːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mèi (mei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mèi
    • Wade–Giles: mei⁴
    • Yale: mèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mey
    • Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mui⁶
    • Yale: muih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mui⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: meajH, mat

Rime
Character	韎	韎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	皆 (33)	末 (64)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	莫拜切	莫撥切
Baxter	meajH	mat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠɛiH/	/muɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚæiH/	/mʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/mɐiH/	/muɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məɨjH/	/mwat̚/
Li Rong	/mɛiH/	/muɑt̚/
Wang Li	/mɐiH/	/muɑt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/măiH/	/muɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mài	mò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maai6	mut6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mreːds/, /*maːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	韎	韎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9220	9227
Phonetic component	末	末
Rime group	祭	月
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	䀛	末
Old Chinese	/*mreːds/	/*maːd/

Definitions

韎

1. Synonym of 茜 (“madder”)
2. dark red
3. to dye leather red using pigment from madder

Compounds

• 韎韐 / 韎𱂆

Japanese

Kanji

韎

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. red

Readings

• On (unclassified): ばい (bai)、まい (mai)、ばつ (batsu)
• Kun: くつした (kutsushita)、たび (tabi)、あかねぞめのかわ (akanezomenokawa)

Korean

Hanja

韎 • (mae) (hangeul 매)

1. leather
2. red leather