莓

See also: 苺

莓	U+8393, 莓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8393

← 莒
[U+8392]

CJK Unified Ideographs

莔 →
[U+8394]

Translingual

Han character

莓 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿人田卜 (TOWY), four-corner 4450₇, composition ⿱艹每)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1034, character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31047
Dae Jaweon: page 1493, character 9
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3220, character 3
Unihan data for U+8393

Chinese

trad.		莓
simp. ^#		莓

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
脢	mɯːs, mɯː, *mɯːs
挴	mlɯːʔ, mɯːʔ
海	*hmlɯːʔ
毐	ʔmɯː, ʔmɯːʔ
呣	*mɯ
拇	*mɯʔ
母	*mɯʔ
胟	*mɯʔ
姆	mɯʔ, mɯs, *maːʔ
畮	*mɯʔ
踇	*mɯʔ
苺	mɯs, mɯːʔ, *mɯːs
莓	mɯs, mɯː, *mɯːs
敏	mrɯʔ, mrɯŋʔ
鰵	*mrɯŋʔ
慜	*mrɯŋʔ
毋	*ma
梅	*mɯː
酶	*mɯː
鋂	*mɯː
每	*mɯːʔ
毎	*mɯːs
痗	mɯːs, hmɯːs
晦	*hmɯːs
誨	*hmɯːs
悔	hmɯːʔ, hmɯːs
霉	*mrɯl

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méi (mei²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): m̂

(Teochew, Peng'im): bhuê⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶me

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/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: m̂
  - Tâi-lô: m̂
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mm
  - IPA (Xiamen): /m̩²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /m̩²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /m̩¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /m̩²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /m̩²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bhuê⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /bue⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶me
  - MiniDict: me^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³me
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /me²³/

Middle Chinese: mwoj, mwojH, mjuwH

Rime
Character	莓	莓	莓
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	灰 (42)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I	III
Fanqie	莫杯切	莫佩切	亡救切
Baxter	mwoj	mwojH	mjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muʌi/	/muʌi^H/	/mɨu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/muoi/	/muoi^H/	/miu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/muɒi/	/muɒi^H/	/miəu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwəj/	/mwəj^H/	/muw^H/
Li Rong	/muᴀi/	/muᴀi^H/	/miu^H/
Wang Li	/muɒi/	/muɒi^H/	/mĭəu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/muɑ̆i/	/muɑ̆i^H/	/mi̯ə̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	méi	mèi	mòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mui⁴	mui⁶	mau⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*mɯs/, /*mɯː/, /*mɯːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莓	莓	莓
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	9295	9303	9313
Phonetic component	母	母	母
Rime group	之	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime		枚	妹
Old Chinese	/*mɯs/	/*mɯː/	/*mɯːs/
Notes	說文作苺	說文作苺

Definitions

莓

moss
berry

Compounds

寒莓
木莓 (mùméi)
樹莓子 / 树莓子
波森莓
紅莓 / 红莓 (hóngméi)
花莓
茅莓
草莓 (cǎoméi)
莓仔
莓枝
莓苔
莓莓
莓菓 / 莓果
藍莓 / 蓝莓 (lánméi)
虎莓
酸莓
黑莓 (hēiméi)

References

“莓”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

莓

(Hyōgai kanji)

strawberry

Readings

Go-on: まい (mai)、め (me)
Kan-on: ばい (bai)
Kun: いちご (ichigo, 莓)

Noun

Kanji in this term
莓
いちご Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 莓 – see the following entry.

【苺いちご】J	[noun] a strawberry (plant of genus Fragaria, or its fruit) [proper noun] a female given name Alternative spelling イチゴ
【苺いっご】J	[noun] (Kagoshima) strawberry

(This term, 莓, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

莓 • (mae) (hangeul 매, revised mae, McCune–Reischauer mae, Yale may)

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Okinawan

Kanji

莓

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Kun: いちゅび (ichubi, 莓)、いちゅびー (ichubī, 莓)

Noun

Kanji in this term
莓
いちゅびー Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
莓
いちゅび Hyōgai
kun'yomi

莓(いちゅび) or 莓(いちゅびー) (ichubi or ichubī)

alternative spelling of 苺 (“strawberry”)