廟

See also: 庙

廟	U+5EDF, 廟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EDF

← 廞
[U+5EDE]

CJK Unified Ideographs

廠 →
[U+5EE0]

Translingual

Han character

廟 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 戈十十月 (IJJB), four-corner 0022₇, composition ⿸广朝)

Derived characters

𫗻(𬳙)

Related characters

庙 (Simplified Chinese)

References

KangXi: page 350, character 28
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9489
Dae Jaweon: page 662, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 901, character 2
Unihan data for U+5EDF

Chinese

trad.		廟
simp.		庙
alternative forms		庿

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
嘲	*ʔr'eːw
廟	*mrews
朝	ʔr'ew, r'ew
潮	*r'ew

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mrews) : semantic 广 + phonetic 朝 (OC *ʔr'ew, *r'ew).

Etymology

Possibly related to Proto-Hmong-Mien *prəuX (“house”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): miào (miao⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˋ
(Chengdu, SP): miao⁴
(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): мё (mi͡o, III)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): miu⁶, miu^6-2
(Taishan, Wiktionary): miau⁵, miau^5*
Gan (Wiktionary): mieu⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): meu
(Meixian, Guangdong): miau⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): miau³
Min Bei (KCR): miāu
Min Dong (BUC): miêu
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): biō / biāu
(Teochew, Peng'im): bhio⁷ / bhiê⁷
Wu (Wiktionary): miau (T3)
Xiang (Wiktionary): miau⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: miào
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: miào
  - Wade–Giles: miao⁴
  - Yale: myàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miaw
  - Palladius: мяо (mjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mjɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: miao⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: miao
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miau²¹³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: мё (mi͡o, III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miɔː⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: miu⁶, miu^6-2
  - Yale: miuh, míu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: miu⁶, miu^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: miu⁶, miu^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːu̯²²/, /miːu̯²²⁻³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: miau⁵, miau^5*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbiau³²/, /ᵐbiau³²⁻³²⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: mieu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miɛu¹¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: meu
  - Hakka Romanization System: meu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: meu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /meu̯⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: miau⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /miau⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: miau³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /miau⁴⁵/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: miāu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miau⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: miêu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miɛu²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biō
  - Tâi-lô: biō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bioi
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɤ³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bio⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bio²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bio³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biāu
  - Tâi-lô: biāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: biau
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /biau²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biau⁴¹/

Note:

biō - vernacular;
biāu - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bhio⁷ / bhiê⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: biō / biē
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /bio¹¹/, /bie¹¹/

Note:

bhio7 - Shantou;
bhiê7 - Chaozhou.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: miau (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miɔ²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: miau⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miɒu²¹/

Middle Chinese: /mˠiᴇu^H/

Rime
Character	廟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	眉召切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiᴇu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚiɛu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/miæu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miaw^H/
Li Rong	/mjɛu^H/
Wang Li	/mĭɛu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛu^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	miào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	miu⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[m]raw-s/
(Zhengzhang): /*mrews/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	廟
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	miào
Middle Chinese	‹ mjew^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[m]raw-s/
English	a kind of building with side rooms
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	廟
Reading #	1/1
No.	1306
Phonetic component	朝
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	廟
Old Chinese	/*mrews/
Notes	古文作庿

Definitions

廟

(architecture, religion) temple (Classifier: 座; 間／间)

Usage notes

The term 廟 is primarily used in the formal names for the temples of traditional deities who rank fairly low in the celestial hierarchy. The temples of higher-ranking gods, such as Mazu after her elevation to the "Queen of Heaven" by the Qing dynasty, are usually known as 宮／宫 (gōng, “palace”).

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 廟

佛寺 (fósì) (Buddhist temple)
寺 (sì)
梵宇 (fànyǔ) (literary, Buddhist temple)
宮廟／宫庙 (gōngmiào) (Min Nan)
寶剎／宝刹 (bǎochà) (Buddhist temple)

寺廟／寺庙 (sìmiào)
尪廟／尪庙 (Min Nan)
廟宇／庙宇 (miàoyǔ)
廟寺／庙寺 (Min Nan)
禪寺／禅寺 (chánsì) (Buddhist temple)

禪寺／禅寺 (chánsì) (Buddhist temple)
禪房／禅房 (chánfáng) (Buddhist temple)
禪林／禅林 (chánlín) (Buddhist temple)
禪院／禅院 (chányuàn) (Buddhist temple)

Compounds

Derived terms from 廟

七廟／七庙
三官廟／三官庙 (Sānguānmiào)
三義廟／三义庙
五妃廟／五妃庙
五臟廟／五脏庙
仙公廟／仙公庙
仙女廟／仙女庙
伍相廟／伍相庙 (Wǔxiàngmiào)
修五臟廟／修五脏庙
入屋叫人，入廟拜神／入屋叫人，入庙拜神
入廟登位／入庙登位
原廟／原庙
古廟／古庙 (gǔmiào)
同北廟／同北庙 (Tóngběimiào)
告廟／告庙
土地廟／土地庙 (tǔdìmiào)
城隍廟／城隍庙 (chénghuángmiào)
基隆廟口／基隆庙口
大廟／大庙 (Dàmiào)
太廟／太庙 (tàimiào)
孔子廟／孔子庙 (Kǒngzǐmiào)
孔廟／孔庙 (Kǒngmiào)
學廟／学庙 (xuémiào)
宗廟／宗庙 (zōngmiào)
宗廟丘墟／宗庙丘墟
宮廟／宫庙 (gōngmiào)
家廟／家庙 (jiāmiào)
寢廟／寝庙
寺廟／寺庙 (sìmiào)
小廟／小庙
岳廟／岳庙
嶽廟／岳庙
廊廟／廊庙
廊廟器／廊庙器
廊廟宰／廊庙宰
廊廟材／廊庙材
廟下／庙下 (Miàoxià)
廟主／庙主

廟享／庙享
廟令／庙令
廟公／庙公 (miàogōng)
廟前／庙前 (Miàoqián)
廟堂／庙堂 (miàotáng)
廟堂之器／庙堂之器
廟堂文學／庙堂文学
廟宇／庙宇 (miàoyǔ)
廟小妖風大，池淺王八多／庙小妖风大，池浅王八多 (miào xiǎo yāofēng dà, chí qiǎn wángbā duō)
廟廊之彥／庙廊之彦
廟廷／庙廷
廟會／庙会 (miàohuì)
廟朝／庙朝
廟河／庙河 (Miàohé)
廟灘／庙滩 (Miàotān)
廟略／庙略
廟祝／庙祝 (miàozhù)
廟蘆／庙芦 (Miàolú)
廟號／庙号 (miàohào)
廟見／庙见
廟諱／庙讳
廟謨／庙谟
廟議／庙议
廟頭／庙头 (Miàotóu)
廟食／庙食
彪家廟／彪家庙 (Biāojiāmiào)
彰化孔廟／彰化孔庙
文廟／文庙 (wénmiào)
新廟／新庙 (Xīnmiào)
李廟／李庙 (Lǐmiào)
東嶽廟／东岳庙 (Dōngyuèmiào)
東廟／东庙 (Dōngmiào)
柴家廟／柴家庙 (Cháijiāmiào)
歇馬廟／歇马庙 (Xiēmǎmiào)
歐廟／欧庙 (Ōumiào)
武廟／武庙 (wǔmiào)
殘燈末廟／残灯末庙
汪廟／汪庙 (Wāngmiào)

清廟／清庙
火燒祆廟／火烧祆庙
火神廟／火神庙
玄謀廟算／玄谋庙算
玉皇廟／玉皇庙 (Yùhuángmiào)
王廟／王庙 (Wángmiào)
白廟／白庙 (Báimiào)
百靈廟／百灵庙 (Bǎilíngmiào)
破廟／破庙
祔廟／祔庙
祖廟／祖庙 (zǔmiào)
神廟／神庙 (shénmiào)
祭五臟廟／祭五脏庙
紅馬廟／红马庙 (Hóngmǎmiào)
老君廟／老君庙
老爺廟／老爷庙
聖廟／圣庙 (shèngmiào)
臺南孔廟／台南孔庙
辭廟／辞庙
郊廟／郊庙
郊廟歌辭／郊庙歌辞
鐵廟／铁庙 (Tiěmiào)
鐵廟溝／铁庙沟 (Tiěmiàogōu)
開廟／开庙
關帝廟／关帝庙 (Guāndìmiào)
關廟／关庙 (guānmiào)
陰廟／阴庙
陵廟／陵庙
雙廟／双庙 (Shuāngmiào)
顏家廟碑／颜家庙碑
顧廟／顾庙 (Gùmiào)
顯忠廟／显忠庙 (Xiǎnzhōngmiào)
馬曹廟／马曹庙 (Mǎcáomiào)
高基廟／高基庙 (Gāojīmiào)
高廟／高庙 (Gāomiào)
黃陵廟／黄陵庙 (Huánglíngmiào)
黃龍廟／黄龙庙 (Huánglóngmiào)
龍王廟／龙王庙 (lóngwángmiào)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (廟):

→ Japanese: 廟(びょう) (byō)
→ Korean: 묘(廟) (myo)
→ Vietnamese: miếu (廟)

Others:

→ Proto-Be: *miːwᴮꟲ²
- Lingao: miu⁴

References

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

Japanese

Kanji

廟

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

Go-on: みょう (myō)
On: びょう (byō)
Kun: たまや (tamaya, 廟); みたまや (mitamaya, 廟); やしろ (yashiro, 廟)

Noun

廟(びょう) • (byō)

mausoleum
shrine
palace

Korean

Hanja

廟 (eumhun 사당 묘 (sadang myo))

Hanja form^? of 묘 (“temple, shrine”).
Hanja form^? of 묘 (“imperial court”).

Vietnamese

Han character

廟: Hán Nôm readings: miếu, mưỡu, méo, miễu

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