獼

See also: 猕

獼	U+737C, 獼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-737C

← 獻
[U+737B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

獽 →
[U+737D]

Translingual

Han character

獼 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 大竹弓一月 (KHNMB), four-corner 4122₇, composition ⿰犭彌)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 721, character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20788
Dae Jaweon: page 1133, character 9
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1378, character 10
Unihan data for U+737C

Chinese

trad.		獼
simp.		猕

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
嬭	rneːlʔ, niːlʔ
禰	*niːlʔ
镾	niːlʔ, mnel
薾	*niːlʔ
檷	*niːlʔ
鑈	niːlʔ, neːb
瀰	niːlʔ, mnel, *mnelʔ
獼	*mnel
瓕	*mnel
彌	*mnel
鸍	mnel, hnjel
擟	*mnel
濔	*mnelʔ
壐	*smlelʔ
璽	*smlelʔ
爾	*njelʔ
邇	*njelʔ
獮	*smlenʔ
籋	neb, neːb

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mí (mi²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ / nei⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mí
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mí
  - Wade–Giles: mi²
  - Yale: mí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mi
  - Palladius: ми (mi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: mei⁴ / nei⁴
  - Yale: mèih / nèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ / nei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ / néi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹/, /nei̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî
  - Tâi-lô: bî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bi²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi²³/

Middle Chinese: mjie

Rime
Character	獼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	武移切
Baxter	mjie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/mjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miə̆/
Li Rong	/mie/
Wang Li	/mǐe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*mnel/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	獼
Reading #	1/1
No.	2805
Phonetic component	爾
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	彌
Old Chinese	/*mnel/
Notes	見楚辭

Definitions

獼

macaque (Macaca genus of monkeys)

Compounds

獼猴 / 猕猴 (míhóu)
獼猴桃 / 猕猴桃 (míhóutáo)

References

“獼”, 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

獼

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): び (bi)、み (mi)
Kun: さる (saru)

Korean

Hanja

獼 • (mi) (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune–Reischauer mi, Yale mi)

monkey, macaque

Derived terms

미후도(獼猴桃) (mihudo, “kiwifruit, Chinese gooseberry”, literally “macaque peach”)
- 다래 (darae)
- 등리(藤梨) (deungni, literally “vine pear”)
- 양도(羊桃) (yangdo, literally “goat peach”)

Vietnamese

Han character

獼: Hán Nôm readings: mi, mị

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