麰

See also: 𮮇

麰 U+9EB0, 麰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EB0 ← 麯 [U+9EAF] CJK Unified Ideographs 麱 → [U+9EB1]

Translingual

Han character

麰 (Kangxi radical 199, 麥+6, 17 strokes, cangjie input 十水戈竹手 (JEIHQ), four-corner 4345₀ or 4340₅, composition ⿰麥牟(G) or ⿺麥牟(HTJK))

Related characters

• 𮮇 (Form in simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1513, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47774
• Dae Jaweon: page 2042, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4603, character 11
• Unihan data for U+9EB0

Chinese

trad.		麰
simp.		𮮇
alternative forms		牟 𦭷 𪌚 𪌸 𪍓 牟 𦭷 𪌚 𪌸 𪍓 𪍫
𮮇 (móu) - nonstandard form in simplified Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
牟	*mu
眸	*mu
侔	*mu
蛑	*mu
麰	*mu
劺	*mu
恈	*mu
鴾	*mu

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mu) : semantic 麥 (“wheat”) + phonetic 牟 (OC *mu).

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(m/b)rəw (“grain; seed; lineage”) (STEDT); see 物 (OC *mɯd, “thing, matter, substance”) for more cognates.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): móu (mou²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: móu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: móu
    • Wade–Giles: mou²
    • Yale: móu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mou
    • Palladius: моу (mou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /moʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mau⁴
    • Yale: màuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: meo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mjuw

Rime
Character	麰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	莫浮切
Baxter	mjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/miu/
Shao Rongfen	/miəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muw/
Li Rong	/miu/
Wang Li	/mĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	móu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mu/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	麰
Reading #	1/1
No.	9271
Phonetic component	牟
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	謀
Old Chinese	/*mu/

Definitions

麰

1. (archaic) barley

   Synonym: 大麥／大麦 (dàmài)

Compounds

• 來麰／来𮮇
• 蠶麰／蚕𮮇
• 釐麰／釐𮮇
• 麥麰／麦𮮇
• 麰粉／𮮇粉
• 麰麥／𮮇麦
• 麳麰／𪎌𮮇

 

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B06233
• “麰”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

麰

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ぼう (bō)、む (mu)
• Kun: おおむぎ (ōmugi, 麰)

Korean

Hanja

麰 • (mo) (hangeul 모, revised mo, McCune–Reischauer mo, Yale mo)

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