瘼

瘼	U+763C, 瘼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-763C

← 瘻
[U+763B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

瘽 →
[U+763D]

Translingual

Han character

瘼 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 大廿日大 (KTAK), four-corner 0013₄, composition ⿸疒莫)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 779, character 37
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22469
Dae Jaweon: page 1189, character 21
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2688, character 3
Unihan data for U+763C

Chinese

trad.		瘼
simp. ^#		瘼

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
蟆	*mraː
鬕	*mraːɡs
饃	*maːl
模	*maː
摸	maː, maːɡ
嫫	*maː
謨	*maː
膜	maː, maːɡ
摹	*maː
暮	*maːɡs
慕	*maːɡs
募	*maːɡs
墓	*maːɡs
慔	*maːɡs
莫	*maːɡ
寞	*maːɡ
漠	*maːɡ
幕	*maːɡ
鏌	*maːɡ
瘼	*maːɡ
鄚	*maːɡ
瞙	*maːɡ
嗼	maːɡ, mraːɡ
塻	*maːɡ
貘	*mraːɡ
驀	*mraːɡ

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mò (mo⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mok⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mò
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mò
  - Wade–Giles: mo⁴
  - Yale: mwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh
  - Palladius: мо (mo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: mok⁶
  - Yale: mohk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mok⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mog⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k
  - Tâi-lô: bo̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bok
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bɔk̚⁴/

Middle Chinese: mak

Rime
Character	瘼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	慕各切
Baxter	mak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/mɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mak̚/
Li Rong	/mɑk̚/
Wang Li	/mɑk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mok⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*maːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瘼
Reading #	1/1
No.	9259
Phonetic component	莫
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	莫
Old Chinese	/*maːɡ/

Definitions

瘼

(literary) illness
- 瘼，病也。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
  From: Shuowen Jiezi, circa 2^nd century CE
  Mò, bìng yě. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
(literary) hardship; suffering
- 亂離瘼矣，爰其適歸。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  乱离瘼矣，爰其适归。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Luànlí mò yǐ, yuán qí shì guī. [Pinyin]
  Amid such distress of disorder and dispersion,
  Whither can I betake myself?

Compounds

民瘼 (mínmò)

Pronunciation 2

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mo͘h

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mo͘h
  - Tâi-lô: mooh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moq
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃ʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃ʔ⁵/

Definitions

瘼

(Hokkien) to cave in towards the center, reducing the thickness of it (of the surface of an object)
球無風，規粒瘼落去。 [Hokkien, trad.]
球无风，规粒瘼落去。 [Hokkien, simp.]
Kiû bô hong, kui lia̍p mo͘h lo̍h-khì. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
There was no air in the ball, the entire thing having caved in.
(Hokkien) to become emaciated (of one's face)
伊這擺發燒落屎，面褿瘼落去。 [Hokkien, trad.]
伊这摆发烧落屎，面褿瘼落去。 [Hokkien, simp.]
I chit-pái hoat-sio làu-sái, bīn chiâu mo͘h lo̍h-khì. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
He got a fever and diarrhea this time, his face became entirely emaciated.

Japanese

Kanji

瘼

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): ばく (baku)、まく (maku)
Kun: やむ (yamu)