𠔼

𠔼 U+2053C, 𠔼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-2053C ← 𠔻 [U+2053B] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𠔽 → [U+2053D]

Translingual

Han character

𠔼 (Kangxi radical 13, 冂+1, 3 strokes, cangjie input 月一 (BM), composition ⿵冂一)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 128, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 96, character 14
• Unihan data for U+2053C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		𠔼

Glyph origin

Not attested as an individual character before the seal script. Shuowen considers it to be an ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 冖 + 一 (a cloth to cover something). Some consider it to be a variant of the nearly homophonous 冃 (a hat). See 冡.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎo (mao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎo
    • Wade–Giles: mao³
    • Yale: mǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mao
    • Palladius: мао (mao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: muwH, mawX

Rime
Character	𠔼	𠔼
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	莫候切	武道切
Baxter	muwH	mawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/məuH/	/mɑuX/
Pan Wuyun	/məuH/	/mɑuX/
Shao Rongfen	/məuH/	/mɑuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məwH/	/mawX/
Li Rong	/muH/	/mɑuX/
Wang Li	/məuH/	/mɑuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mə̯uH/	/mɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mòu	mǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mau6	mou5

Definitions

𠔼

1. ^† to repeat