韎

韎	U+97CE, 韎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-97CE

← 韍
[U+97CD]

CJK Unified Ideographs

韏 →
[U+97CF]

Translingual

Han character

韎 (Kangxi radical 178, 韋+5, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木手木十 (DQDJ), four-corner 4559₀, composition ⿰韋末)

grass that gives red dye

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1393, character 25
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43126
Dae Jaweon: page 1908, character 20
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4504, character 3
Unihan data for U+97CE

Chinese

simp. and trad.		韎
alternative forms		𣝖 ancient

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
眛	maːds, mɯːds
沬	maːds, hmɯːds, *mɯds
佅	*mraːds
韎	mreːds, maːd
帓	*mraːd
粖	meːd, maːd
末	*maːd
昩	*maːd
秣	*maːd
靺	*maːd
眜	*maːd
抹	*maːd
妺	*maːd
怽	*maːd
沫	*maːd
袜	*maːd

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mèi (mei⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mèi
  - Wade–Giles: mei⁴
  - Yale: mèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mey
  - Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: mui⁶
  - Yale: muih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mui⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²²/

Middle Chinese: meajH, mat

Rime
Character	韎	韎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	皆 (33)	末 (64)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	莫拜切	莫撥切
Baxter	meajH	mat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠɛi^H/	/muɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚæi^H/	/mʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/mɐi^H/	/muɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məɨj^H/	/mwat̚/
Li Rong	/mɛi^H/	/muɑt̚/
Wang Li	/mɐi^H/	/muɑt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/măi^H/	/muɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mài	mò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maai⁶	mut⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*mreːds/, /*maːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	韎	韎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9220	9227
Phonetic component	末	末
Rime group	祭	月
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	䀛	末
Old Chinese	/*mreːds/	/*maːd/

Definitions

韎

synonym of 茜 (“madder”)
dark red
to dye leather red using pigment from madder

Compounds

韎韐 / 韎𱂆

Japanese

Kanji

韎

(Hyōgai kanji)

red

Readings

On (unclassified): ばい (bai)、まい (mai)、ばつ (batsu)
Kun: くつした (kutsushita)、たび (tabi)、あかねぞめのかわ (akanezomenokawa)

Korean

Hanja

韎 • (mae) (hangeul 매)

leather
red leather