匁

See also: 匆

匁	U+5301, 匁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5301

← 匀
[U+5300]

CJK Unified Ideographs

匂 →
[U+5302]

Translingual

Han character

匁 (Kangxi radical 20, 勹+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 心大 (PK) or X心大 (XPK), composition ⿻勹乂)

Derived characters

𠇢, 𢜓, 𢪣, 𣏯, 𪠴, 𫇬, 𣲢, 𥐷, 𥸼, 𦁯, 𦿯

References

KangXi: not present, would follow page 150, character 24

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2502

Dae Jaweon: page 339, character 15

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 256, character 1

Unihan data for U+5301

Chinese

simp. and trad.		匁

Definitions

匁

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Japanese

Glyph origin

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Japanese kokuji created in Japan”)

Kanji

匁

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Japanese unit of weight (1/1000 of a kan)

Readings

Kun: もんめ (monme, 匁); め (me, 匁)

Compounds

一匁(いちもんめ) (ichimonme): 1 momme
百匁(ひゃくもんめ) (hyakumonme): 100 momme, 375 grams

Usage notes

Removed from the daily use Jōyō kanji by the Japanese government in 2010.[1]

Noun

匁(もんめ) • (monme)

momme; unit of mass equal to 3.75 grams (one thousandth of a 貫(かん) (kan))

Usage notes

Now used especially for weighing pearls.

Descendants

→ English: momme

References

The Japan Times (October 21, 2009), “Get set for next year's overhaul of joyo kanji”, in www.kanjiclinic.com‎, retrieved February 23, 2010

Korean

Hanja

匁 • (mun) (hangeul 문, revised mun, McCune–Reischauer mun)

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[1] The Japan Times (October 21, 2009), “Get set for next year's overhaul of joyo kanji”, in www.kanjiclinic.com‎, retrieved February 23, 2010