耄

耄	U+8004, 耄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8004

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[U+8003]

CJK Unified Ideographs

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[U+8005]

Translingual

Han character

耄 (Kangxi radical 125, 老+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十心竹手山 (JPHQU), four-corner 4471₄, composition ⿱老毛)

Derived characters

𣮳

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 960, character 32
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28848
Dae Jaweon: page 1409, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2781, character 1
Unihan data for U+8004

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
毛	maːw, maːws
髦	*maːw
旄	maːw, maːws
芼	maːw, maːws
氂	rɯ, maːw
枆	*maːw
酕	*maːw
牦	*maːw
耄	*maːws
覒	*maːws
眊	maːws, mraːwɢ
耗	*hmaːws
秏	hmaːws, hmɯːbs
毣	mraːwɢ, moːwɢ

Etymology 1

trad.		耄
simp. ^#		耄

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mào (mao⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mō͘

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/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mō͘
  - Tâi-lô: mōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃³³/

Middle Chinese: mawH

Rime
Character	耄
Reading #	1/1
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): /*maːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	耄
Reading #	1/1
No.	8788
Phonetic component	毛
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	冃
Old Chinese	/*maːws/

Definitions

耄

(literary) very old; senile
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) befuddled; confused

Compounds

老耄 (lǎomào)
耄勤
耄思
耄期
耄耋 (màodié)
耄艾
耄荒
耄齡 / 耄龄
謬耄 / 谬耄

Etymology 2

trad.		耄
simp. ^#		耄
alternative forms		卯

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mauh

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mauh
  - Tâi-lô: mauh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mauq
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mãuʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mãuʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mãuʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mãuʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mãuʔ³²/

Definitions

耄

(Hokkien) sunken in; shriveled; emaciated (especially the mouth of an old person)
(Hokkien) to chew slowly as a toothless person
(Mainland China Hokkien) to shrivel; to cave in; to sink in
喙耄落去 [Hokkien] ― 喙 mauh lo̍h-khì [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― The mouth caved in.
(Mainland China Hokkien) to embezzle; to misappropriate

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

耄

(Hyōgai kanji)

senility

Readings

On (unclassified): もう (mō)、ぼう (bō)
Kun: おいぼれる (oiboreru, 耄れる)

Korean

Hanja

耄 (eum 모 (mo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

耄: Hán Nôm readings: mạo

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