腜

腜	U+815C, 腜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-815C

← 腛
[U+815B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

腝 →
[U+815D]

Translingual

Han character

腜 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月廿一木 (BTMD), four-corner 7429₄, composition ⿰月某)

quickening of the foetus

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 987, character 28
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29661
Dae Jaweon: page 1440, character 16
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2093, character 18
Unihan data for U+815C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		腜

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
某	*mɯʔ
謀	*mɯ
媒	*mɯː
煤	*mɯː
腜	*mɯː
禖	*mɯː

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méi (mei²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: méi
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: méi
  - Wade–Giles: mei²
  - Yale: méi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei
  - Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: mui⁴
  - Yale: mùih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: mwoj

Rime
Character	腜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫杯切
Baxter	mwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/muoi/
Shao Rongfen	/muɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwəj/
Li Rong	/muᴀi/
Wang Li	/muɒi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/muɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	méi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mui⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*mɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	腜
Reading #	1/1
No.	9279
Phonetic component	某
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	枚
Old Chinese	/*mɯː/

Definitions

腜

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