茻
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Translingual
Han character
茻 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 山山山山 (UUUU), four-corner 22447, composition ⿱艸艸)
- Shuowen Jiezi radical №14
Derived characters
- 𦱠, 𦱹, 𦶛, 𦷶, 𦽱, 𦿑, 𡫾, 𢺦
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1029, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30924
- Dae Jaweon: page 1488, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3211, character 8
- Unihan data for U+833B
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
茻 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 𦬇 𦬠 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 茻 |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Small seal script |
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Ideogram (指事) - 艸 (grass) written two times, representing a multitude of grass.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: mǎng
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mǎng
- Wade–Giles: mang3
- Yale: mǎng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maang
- Palladius: ман (man)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɑŋ²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: mong5
- Yale: móhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: mong5
- Guangdong Romanization: mong5
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɔːŋ¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: mangX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*maːŋʔ/
Definitions
茻
- multitude of grass
- Shuo Wen Jie Zi (a dictionary in East Han Dynasty)
- 茻：眾艸也。从四屮。凡茻之屬皆从茻。讀與冈同。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- Mǎng: zhòng cǎo yě. Cóng sì 屮. Fán mǎng zhī shǔ jiē cóng mǎng. Dú yǔ gāng tóng. [Pinyin]
- [The character] 茻 [means] multiple grass indeed. [The character is] composed [of] four 屮. All that belongs to the 茻 radical are composed of 茻. [The character's] pronunciation is the same as 冈.
茻：众艸也。从四屮。凡茻之属皆从茻。读与冈同。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]