穈

穈	U+7A48, 穈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A48

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[U+7A47]

CJK Unified Ideographs

穉 →
[U+7A49]

Translingual

Han character

穈 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 戈木竹木 (IDHD), four-corner 0029₄, composition ⿸麻禾)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 859, character 14
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25257
Dae Jaweon: page 1284, character 29
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2630, character 2
Unihan data for U+7A48

Chinese

Etymology 1

trad.		穈
simp. ^#		穈
alternative forms		虋

Compare Tibetan དམར (dmar, “red”) (Sagart, 2018).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mén (men²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mén
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mén
  - Wade–Giles: mên²
  - Yale: mén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: men
  - Palladius: мэнь (mɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: mun⁴
  - Yale: mùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːn²¹/

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤur/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	穈
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mén
Middle Chinese	‹ mwon ›
Old Chinese	/*mˁur/
English	red millet
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Definitions

穈

(obsolete) red millet
- 誕降嘉種、維秬維秠、維穈維芑。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  诞降嘉种、维秬维秠、维穈维芑。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Dànjiàng jiāzhǒng, wéi jù wéi pī, wéi mén wéi qǐ. [Pinyin]
  He gave his people the beautiful grains: The black millet, and the double-kernelled; The tall red, and the white.

Etymology 2

trad.		穈
simp. ^#		穈

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “same word as 糜?”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mí (mi²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴

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
  - Yale: mèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹/

Definitions

穈

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Japanese

Kanji

穈

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): ぼん (bon)、もん (mon)、び (bi)、み (mi)