洣

洣 U 6D23, 洣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D23 ← 洢 [U 6D22] CJK Unified Ideographs 洤 → [U 6D24]

Translingual

Han character

洣 (Kangxi radical 85, 水 6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水火木 (EFD), composition ⿰氵米)

1. name of a river in Hunan province (a tributary of the Xiangjiang)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 621, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17393
• Dae Jaweon: page 1017, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1616, character 3
• Unihan data for U 6D23

Chinese

simp. and trad.		洣

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *miːʔ) : semantic 水 (“water”) phonetic 米 (OC *miːʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mǐ (Mi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mǐ
    • Wade–Giles: Mi³
    • Yale: Mǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mii
    • Palladius: Ми (Mi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mai⁵
    • Yale: máih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: mejX

Rime
Character	洣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	莫禮切
Baxter	mejX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/meiX/
Pan Wuyun	/meiX/
Shao Rongfen	/mɛiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɛjX/
Li Rong	/meiX/
Wang Li	/mieiX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mieiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mai5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*miːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	洣
Reading #	1/1
No.	9005
Phonetic component	米
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	米
Old Chinese	/*miːʔ/

Definitions

洣

1. name of a river in Hunan province (a tributary of the Xiangjiang)
2. name of a township in Chaling county, Zhuzhou, Hunan province

References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 138