瑁

瑁	U+7441, 瑁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7441

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[U+7440]

CJK Unified Ideographs

瑂 →
[U+7442]

Translingual

Han character

瑁 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一土日月山 (MGABU), four-corner 1616₀, composition ⿰𤣩冒)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 736, character 15
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21096
Dae Jaweon: page 1147, character 18
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1126, character 5
Unihan data for U+7441

Chinese

simp. and trad.		瑁
alternative forms		㺺𤣽冒𤲰 ety. 2 蝐 ety. 2 㺺𤣽冒𤲰 ety. 2 蝐 ety. 2 珼／𫞥 ⿰𤣩囟

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 瑁
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
媢	mɯɡs, muːʔ, muːɡs, muːɡ
冃	*muːɡs
冒	muːɡs, mɯːɡ
帽	*muːɡs
瑁	muːɡs, mɯːɡs, *muːɡ
賵	*m̥ʰuŋs
艒	mɯːɡ, muːɡ, *muːɡ
萺	muːɡ, muɡ
勗	*hmoɡ
勖	*hmoɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *muːɡs, *mɯːɡs, *muːɡ): semantic 𤣩 (“jade”) + phonetic 冒 (OC *muːɡs, *mɯːɡ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mào (mao⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mào
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mào
  - Wade–Giles: mao⁴
  - Yale: màu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maw
  - Palladius: мао (mao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: mou⁶
  - Yale: mouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²²/

Middle Chinese: mawH

Rime
Character	瑁
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫報切
Baxter	mawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɑu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/mɑu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/mɑu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maw^H/
Li Rong	/mɑu^H/
Wang Li	/mɑu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mɑu^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*muːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瑁
Reading #	1/3
No.	8918
Phonetic component	冃
Rime group	奧
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	冃
Old Chinese	/*muːɡs/

Definitions

瑁

jade used by Son of Heaven to be pieced together with feudal lords' ceremonical jade gui (圭)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mào, mèi

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˋ, ㄇㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mào
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mào
  - Wade–Giles: mao⁴
  - Yale: màu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maw
  - Palladius: мао (mao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mèi
  - Wade–Giles: mei⁴
  - Yale: mèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mey
  - Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: mui⁶
  - Yale: muih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mui⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²²/

Middle Chinese: mwojH, mowk

Rime
Character	瑁	瑁
Reading #	1/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	沃 (6)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	莫佩切	莫沃切
Baxter	mwojH	mowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muʌi^H/	/muok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/muoi^H/	/muok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/muɒi^H/	/mok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwəj^H/	/mawk̚/
Li Rong	/muᴀi^H/	/mok̚/
Wang Li	/muɒi^H/	/muok̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/muɑ̆i^H/	/muok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mèi	mù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mui⁶	muk⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*mɯːɡs/, /*muːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瑁	瑁
Reading #	2/3	3/3
No.	8920	8925
Phonetic component	冃	冃
Rime group	代	覺
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	妹
Old Chinese	/*mɯːɡs/	/*muːɡ/
Notes	見淮南子玳	見子虛賦，漢書作毒冒

Definitions

瑁

only used in 玳瑁 (dàimào, dàimèi)

Compounds

玳瑁 (dàimào)
玳瑁梁
玳瑁筵

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02589
“瑁”, 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

瑁

(Hyōgai kanji)

jade used by emperor of China

Readings

Go-on: まい (mai)、もう (mō)
Kan-on: ばい (bai)、ぼう (bō)

Korean

Hanja

瑁 • (mo, mae) (hangeul 모, 매, revised mo, mae, McCune–Reischauer mo, mae, Yale mo, may)

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Vietnamese

Chữ Hán

瑁: Hán Việt readings: mội (莫(mạc)佩(bội)切(thiết))^[1], mạo (莫(mạc)報(báo)切(thiết))^[2], mại^[3], mồi^[4]
瑁: Nôm readings: mồi^[3]^[1]^[2]^[4]^[5], mùi^[2], mao^[6]

chữ Hán form of mội (“only used in 玳瑁 (đại mội)”)
chữ Hán form of mạo (“imperial jade used in ancient China”)
chữ Nôm form of mồi (“tortoise shell”)

Compounds

玳瑁 (đại mội)
玳瑁 (đồi mồi)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Trần (2004).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Nguyễn (2014).
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Bonet (1899).
^ Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
^ Hồ (1976).

[tdcntd-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Nguyễn et al. (2009).

[gdhn-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Trần (2004).

[tdcndg-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Nguyễn (2014).

[bonet-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Bonet (1899).

[taberd-5] Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).

[btcn-6] Hồ (1976).

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