麝

麝	U+9E9D, 麝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9E9D

← 麜
[U+9E9C]

CJK Unified Ideographs

麞 →
[U+9E9E]

Translingual

Han character

麝 (Kangxi radical 198, 鹿+10, 21 strokes, cangjie input 戈心竹竹戈 (IPHHI), four-corner 0024₁, composition ⿸鹿射(GHTV) or ⿱鹿射(JK))

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1511, character 13
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47682
Dae Jaweon: page 2039, character 20
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4735, character 4
Unihan data for U+9E9D

Chinese

trad.		麝
simp. ^#		麝
alternative forms		𪋧

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
謝	*ljaːɡs
榭	*ljaːɡs
射	ɢljaːɡs, laːɡs, ɢljaːɡ, laːɡ
麝	ɢljaːɡs, ɢljaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɢljaːɡs, *ɢljaːɡ): semantic 鹿 + phonetic 射 (OC *ɢljaːɡs, *laːɡs, *ɢljaːɡ, *laːɡ).

Etymology

Compare Tibetan གླ (gla, “musk deer”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *t-la(k) (“musk deer”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shè (she⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): se⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): sie⁵
Gan (Wiktionary): sa⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sa

(Meixian, Guangdong): sa⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): se³
Northern Min (KCR): iā
Eastern Min (BUC): siâ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sia⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): siā

(Teochew, Peng'im): sia⁷ / sia⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zo

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shè
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shè
  - Wade–Giles: shê⁴
  - Yale: shè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheh
  - Palladius: шэ (šɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: se⁶
  - Yale: seh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: se⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sé⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: sie⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siɛ³²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: sa⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sa¹¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sa
  - Hakka Romanization System: sa
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sa⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sa⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: sa⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sa⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: se³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /sɤ⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: iā
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ia⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: siâ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siɑ²⁴²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sia⁵
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: siā
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬia¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sia⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬia²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siā
  - Tâi-lô: siā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sia
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sia²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sia⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sia²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sia³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sia³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sia⁷ / sia⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siā / siâ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sia¹¹/, /sia⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zo
  - MiniDict: zo^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zo
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zo²³/

Middle Chinese: zyaeH, zyek

Rime
Character	麝	麝
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	船 (27)	船 (27)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)	昔 (123)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	神夜切	食亦切
Baxter	zyaeH	zyek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʑia^H/	/ʑiᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʑia^H/	/ʑiɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʑia^H/	/ʑiæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʑia^H/	/ʑiajk̚/
Li Rong	/d͡ʑia^H/	/d͡ʑiɛk̚/
Wang Li	/d͡ʑĭa^H/	/d͡ʑĭɛk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡ʑʰi̯a^H/	/d͡ʑʰi̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shè	shí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	se⁶	sik⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɢljaːɡs/, /*ɢljaːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	麝	麝
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	11224	11227
Phonetic component	射	射
Rime group	暮	鐸
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	射
Old Chinese	/*ɢljaːɡs/	/*ɢljaːɡ/

Definitions

麝

musk deer
musk
麝香 ― shèxiāng ― musk

麝牛 ― shèniú ― musk ox

Compounds

冰麝
山麝
暗麝
有麝自然香 (yǒu shè zìrán xiāng)
松麝
水麝
沈麝
腦麝 / 脑麝
蘭麝 / 兰麝
香獐
香獐子 (xiāngzhāngzi)
香麝
麝囊
麝團 / 麝团
麝帶 / 麝带
麝幄
麝幃 / 麝帏
麝月 (shèyuè)
麝枕
麝檀
麝沉
麝炷
麝煤
麝煙 / 麝烟
麝燈 / 麝灯
麝父
麝牋 / 麝笺
麝牛 (shèniú)
麝篝
麝粉
麝腦 / 麝脑
麝臍 / 麝脐
麝臍香 / 麝脐香
麝芬
麝蘭 / 麝兰
麝衾
麝貓 / 麝猫 (shèmāo)
麝酒
麝雉 (shèzhì)
麝香 (shèxiāng)
麝香山
麝香石竹
麝香縭 / 麝香缡
麝香草 (shèxiāngcǎo)
麝香褐
麝香貓 / 麝香猫 (shèxiāngmāo)
麝香金
麝香驄 / 麝香骢
麝墨 (shèmò)
麝鼠 (shèshǔ)
龍麝 / 龙麝

References

“麝”, 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–
莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “麝”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 208.

Japanese

Kanji

麝

(Hyōgai kanji)

musk deer

Readings

Go-on: じゃ (ja)、じゃく (jaku)
Kan-on: しゃ (sha)、せき (seki)

Compounds

麝香(じゃこう) (jakō)
麝香豌豆(じゃこうえんどう) (jakōendō)
麝香鹿(じゃこうじか) (jakōjika)
麝香水(じゃこうすい) (jakōsui)
麝香猫(じゃこうねこ) (jakōneko)
麝香鼠(じゃこうねずみ) (jakōnezumi)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 麝 (MC zyaeH). Recorded as Middle Korean 샤〯 (syǎ) (Yale: sya) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource

麝 (eumhun 사향노루 사 (sahyangnoru sa))

hanja form^? of 사 (“musk deer”)

Compounds

사향 (麝香, sahyang)
사향묘 (麝香猫, sahyangmyo)
사향샘 (麝香 샘, sahyangsaem)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese

Han character

麝: Hán Nôm readings: xạ

musk deer 貅麝 (Hươu xạ)
musk 麝香 (Xạ Hương)