姆

姆

姆 U+59C6, 姆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59C6 ← 姅 [U+59C5] CJK Unified Ideographs 姇 → [U+59C7]

Translingual

Han character

姆 (radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女田卜戈 (VWYI), four-corner 4745₀, composition ⿰女母)

1. child's governess
2. matron

References

• KangXi: page 258, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6159
• Dae Jaweon: page 523, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1041, character 13
• Unihan data for U+59C6

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		姆

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 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǔ (mu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mê
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): bió / bó͘ / bú / bó / ḿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): m²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ
    • Wade–Giles: mu³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǔ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵
    • Yale: móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mê
    • Hakka Romanization System: me´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: me¹
    • Sinological IPA: /me²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bió
    • Tâi-lô: bió
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bioir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bio⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bó͘
    • Tâi-lô: bóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bor
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bɔ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú
    • Tâi-lô: bú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: buo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bu⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bó
    • Tâi-lô: bó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boir
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ḿ
    • Tâi-lô: ḿ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mr
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /m̩⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /m̩⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /m̩⁵⁵⁴/

Note:

• bió/bó͘ - literary;
• bú/bó - vernacular;
• ḿ - vernacular (俗).

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: m²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ḿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /m⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: /məu^H/▼

Rime
Character	姆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫候切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/məuH/
Pan Wuyun	/məuH/
Shao Rongfen	/məuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məwH/
Li Rong	/muH/
Wang Li	/məuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/mə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mòu

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*məʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯʔ/, /*mɯs/, /*maːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	姆
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ muwX ›
Old Chinese	/*məʔ/
English	female teacher in harem
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姆	姆	姆
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	9290	9293	9300
Phonetic component	母	母	母
Rime group	之	之	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	母	茂
Old Chinese	/*mɯʔ/	/*mɯs/	/*maːʔ/

Definitions

姆

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Compounds

保姆 (bǎomǔ) 克里姆林宮／克里姆林宫 (Kèlǐmǔlín Gōng) 哈姆雷特 大姆 大姆子 姆姆 姆嬸／姆婶

媬姆 山姆叔叔 (Shānmǔ shūshu) 歐姆／欧姆 (ōumǔ) 歐姆定律／欧姆定律 (ōumǔ dìnglǜ) 萊姆果／莱姆果 萊姆酒／莱姆酒 (láimǔjiǔ)

蘭姆酒／兰姆酒 (lánmǔjiǔ) 褓姆 西姆孫線／西姆孙线 阿姆 (āmǔ) 阿姆河 阿薩姆／阿萨姆

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): m̄, mū (m¹, mu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇ, ㄇㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: m̄
    • Zhuyin: ㄇ
    • Wade–Giles: m¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: m1
    • Tongyong Pinyin: m
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /m̩⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mū
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨ
    • Wade–Giles: mu¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵⁵/

Definitions

姆

1. Only used in 姆媽／姆妈 (m̄mā).

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Japanese

Kanji

姆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. wet nurse

Readings

• Go-on: も (mo)
• Kan-on: ぼ (bo)
• Kun: うば (uba, 姆); かしずき (kashizuki)

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Korean

Hanja

姆 • (mo) (hangeul 모, revised mo, McCune–Reischauer mo)

1. child's governess
2. matron

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Vietnamese

Han character

姆 (mỗ, mẫu)

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