抆

抆 U 6286, 抆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6286 ← 抅 [U 6285] CJK Unified Ideographs 抇 → [U 6287]

Translingual

Han character

抆 (Kangxi radical 64, 手 4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手卜大 (QYK), four-corner 5004₁, composition ⿰扌文)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 420, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11868
• Dae Jaweon: page 767, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1843, character 3
• Unihan data for U 6286

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
旻	*mrɯn
旼	*mrɯn
汶	*mrɯn, *mɯn, *mɯns
忞	*mrɯn
盿	*mrɯn
枚	*mɯːl
玫	*mɯːl
玟	*mɯːl
文	*mɯn
紋	*mɯn
蚊	*mɯn
雯	*mɯn
彣	*mɯn
馼	*mɯn
鳼	*mɯn
鼤	*mɯn, *mɯns
抆	*mɯnʔ, *mɯns
紊	*mɯns

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		抆
alternative forms		抿 Cantonese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěn, wèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˇ, ㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁵ / man²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔn
    • Wade–Giles: wên³
    • Yale: wěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woen
    • Palladius: вэнь (vɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wùn
    • Wade–Giles: wên⁴
    • Yale: wèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenn
    • Palladius: вэнь (vɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: man⁵ / man²
    • Yale: máhn / mán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁵ / man²
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁵ / men²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn¹³/, /mɐn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: mjunX, mjunH

Rime
Character	抆	抆
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	文 (59)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	武粉切	亡運切
Baxter	mjunX	mjunH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨunX/	/mɨunH/
Pan Wuyun	/miunX/	/miunH/
Shao Rongfen	/miuənX/	/miuənH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/munX/	/munH/
Li Rong	/miuənX/	/miuənH/
Wang Li	/mĭuənX/	/mĭuənH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯uənX/	/mi̯uənH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wěn	wèn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	man5	man6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯnʔ/, /*mɯns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	抆	抆
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13024	13027
Phonetic component	文	文
Rime group	文	文
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	吻	問
Old Chinese	/*mɯnʔ/	/*mɯns/

Definitions

抆

1. to wipe clean
2. (Cantonese) to smear (to spread across a surface or to cover by rubbing) (clarification of this definition is needed)

   抆屎 [Cantonese]  ―  man² si² [Jyutping]  ―  to wipe the buttocks after taking a dump (literally, “to wipe the poo”)

   抆英泥 [Cantonese]  ―  man² jing¹ nai⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to smear with cement

Compounds

• 抆拭
• 抆淚／抆泪 (wěnlèi)

 

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B01254

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		抆
alternative forms		𠍁 呡 璺 舋

Compare Hlai menys (/⁠meȵ³⁠/, “near the edge”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: man³
    • Yale: man
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man³
    • Guangdong Romanization: men³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn³³/

Definitions

抆

1. (Cantonese) barely enough; tight

   三日時間太抆，我驚做唔切。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   三日时间太抆，我惊做唔切。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   saam¹ jat⁶ si⁴ gaan³ taai³ man³, ngo⁵ geng¹ zou⁶ m⁴ cit³. [Jyutping]

   Three days are barely enough. I fear I won't be able to complete (my work).

2. (Cantonese) close to the edge

Compounds

• 抆水

 

Korean

Hanja

抆 (eum 문 (mun))

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Vietnamese

Han character

抆: Hán Nôm readings: vặn, vấn, vẫn

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