抹

抹	U+62B9, 抹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62B9

← 抸
[U+62B8]

CJK Unified Ideographs

抺 →
[U+62BA]

Translingual

Han character

抹 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手木十 (QDJ), four-corner 5509₀, composition ⿰扌末)

References

KangXi: page 424, character 4

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11926

Dae Jaweon: page 771, character 16

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1847, character 8

Unihan data for U+62B9

Chinese

simp. and trad.		抹

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *maːd) : semantic 扌 + phonetic 末 (OC *maːd).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǒ (mo³)
(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mut³, mut⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mat
Min Dong (BUC): muák
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): boa̍t / boah / boa̍h
(Teochew, Peng'im): bhuah⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǒ
  - Wade–Giles: mo³
  - Yale: mwǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moo
  - Palladius: мо (mo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mwɔ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mut³, mut⁶
  - Yale: mut, muht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mut⁸, mut⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mud³, mud⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːt̚³/, /muːt̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mat
  - Hakka Romanization System: mad`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mad⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /mat̚²/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: muák
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muɑʔ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boa̍t
  - Tâi-lô: bua̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boat
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /buat̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /buat̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /buat̚¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boah
  - Tâi-lô: buah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boaq
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /buaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /buaʔ⁵/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boa̍h
  - Tâi-lô: bua̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boah
  - IPA (Xiamen): /buaʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /buaʔ¹²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /buaʔ²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bhuah⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buah
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /buaʔ²/

Middle Chinese: /muɑt̚/

Rime
Character	抹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	桓 (64)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫撥切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwat̚/
Li Rong	/muɑt̚/
Wang Li	/muɑt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mut⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*maːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	抹
Reading #	1/1
No.	9230
Phonetic component	末
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	末
Old Chinese	/*maːd/
Notes	說文作瀎

Definitions

抹

to smear, to apply
抹藥／抹药 [Teochew] ― bhuah⁴ ioh⁸ [Peng'im] ― to apply medication
to wipe
to erase; to remove
(literary) to play (dominos)
(literary) to cut
(literary) to twirl
(literary) to look; to aim; to glance
Classifier for rays of sunlight, rosy clouds, etc..
一抹斜陽／一抹斜阳 ― yī mǒ xiéyáng ― (please add an English translation of this example)

Compounds

Derived terms from 抹

一抹
倒抹
偷偷抹抹
勾抹
打抹
批抹
抹不著影
抹去 (mǒqù)
抹嘴
抹嘴吃
抹土搽灰
抹媚
抹子 (mǒzi)
抹平 (mǒpíng)
抹拭
抹油嘴
抹煞 (mǒshā)
抹片
抹牌
抹牌道字
抹稀泥
抹粉施脂
抹脖子
抹零
抹香 (mǒxiāng)
抹黑 (mǒhēi)
揩抹
搪抹
搽灰抹土
搽灰抹粉
搽脂抹粉

撤抹
擦拳抹掌
擦脂抹粉
改抹
札抹
淡抹
辱抹
都抹
一概抹殺／一概抹杀
一筆抹倒／一笔抹倒 (yībǐmǒdǎo)
一筆抹殺／一笔抹杀 (yībǐmǒshā)
一筆抹煞／一笔抹煞
丟丟抹抹／丢丢抹抹
丟抹／丢抹
偷饞抹嘴／偷馋抹嘴
嘴抹兒／嘴抹儿
塗抹／涂抹 (túmǒ)
塗抹詩書／涂抹诗书
塗脂抹粉／涂脂抹粉
廝抹／厮抹
批風抹月／批风抹月
抹下臉／抹下脸
抹不下來／抹不下来
抹丟／抹丢
抹抹丟丟／抹抹丢丢
抹抹颩颩／抹抹𱃔𱃔
抹搶／抹抢
抹撻／抹挞
抹月批風／抹月批风
抹月披風／抹月披风
抹殺／抹杀 (mǒshā)

抹淚／抹泪
抹淚揉眵／抹泪揉眵
抹滅／抹灭
抹臉／抹脸 (māliǎn)
抹芒頭／抹芒头
抹貼／抹贴
抹蹌／抹跄
抹鄰／抹邻 (mǒlín)
抹鎗／抹枪
抹頭／抹头
抹颩／抹𱃔
掂斤抹兩／掂斤抹两
揉眵抹淚／揉眵抹泪
揩檯抹凳／揩台抹凳
東塗西抹／东涂西抹
淌眼抹淚／淌眼抹泪
淡妝濃抹／淡妆浓抹
濃妝淡抹／浓妆淡抹
濃妝豔抹／浓妆艳抹 (nóngzhuāngyànmǒ)
濃抹／浓抹 (nóngmǒ)
濃抹淡妝／浓抹淡妆
脣似抹硃／唇似抹朱
脣若抹硃／唇若抹朱
腳底抹油／脚底抹油 (jiǎodǐmǒyóu)
膩抹兒／腻抹儿
蓋抹／盖抹
領抹／领抹
頭上抹下／头上抹下
颩抹／𱃔抹
鳴鞭電抹／鸣鞭电抹

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mò (mo⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mut³, mut⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mò
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mò
  - Wade–Giles: mo⁴
  - Yale: mwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh
  - Palladius: мо (mo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mwɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mut³, mut⁶
  - Yale: mut, muht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mut⁸, mut⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mud³, mud⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːt̚³/, /muːt̚²/

Middle Chinese: /muɑt̚/

Rime
Character	抹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	桓 (64)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫撥切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwat̚/
Li Rong	/muɑt̚/
Wang Li	/muɑt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mut⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*maːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	抹
Reading #	1/1
No.	9230
Phonetic component	末
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	末
Old Chinese	/*maːd/
Notes	說文作瀎

Definitions

抹

to smear (using cement or lime)
to keep close to and turn around
(literary) to touch
(literary) to bend; to lower

Compounds

抹胸 (mòxiōng)
抹腹
抹面 (mòmiàn)

抹不開／抹不开
抹額／抹额 (mò'é)
拐彎抹角／拐弯抹角 (guǎiwānmòjiǎo)

轉彎抹角／转弯抹角
轉灣抹角／转湾抹角

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mā, mǒ (ma¹, mo³)
(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚ, ㄇㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maat³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mā
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ma
  - Wade–Giles: ma¹
  - Yale: mā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mha
  - Palladius: ма (ma)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǒ
  - Wade–Giles: mo³
  - Yale: mwǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moo
  - Palladius: мо (mo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mwɔ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maat³
  - Yale: maat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: mad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːt̚³/

Definitions

抹

(colloquial) to wipe
抹桌子 ― mā zhuōzǐ ― to wipe a table clean
抹屎窟 [Cantonese] ― maat³ si² fat¹ [Jyutping] ― to wipe one's bottom
(colloquial) to press (something) and move one's hand downwards
(colloquial) to dismiss (someone from their position)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 擦 (“to wipe”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		擦
Mandarin	Beijing	擦, 抹
	Taiwan	擦, 抹
	Xi'an	擦, 搌
	Wuhan	之, 揩, 抹, 搌
	Chengdu	揩, 抹, 擦
	Yangzhou	擦, 揩, 抹
	Hefei	擦, 揩, 抹
	Malaysia	擦
	Singapore	擦, 抹
Cantonese	Guangzhou	擦, 抹, 捽
	Hong Kong	擦, 抹, 捽
	Yangjiang	拭, 擦
	Penang (Guangfu)	擦
	Singapore (Guangfu)	擦
Gan	Nanchang	揩, 抹, 擦
Hakka	Meixian	捽
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	捽
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	捽
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	捽
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	捽
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	捽
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	捽
	Kuching (Hepo)	捽
Jin	Taiyuan	揩, 擦
Min Bei	Jian'ou	拭
Min Dong	Fuzhou	拭, 挸
Min Nan	Xiamen	拭, 揉
	Quanzhou	拭, 揉
	Zhangzhou	拭, 揉
	Tainan	拭, 揉
	Penang (Hokkien)	拭, 揉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	拭
	Chaozhou	拭, 㧫, 抙
	Raoping	拭, 㧫
	Shantou	㧫
	Shantou (Chenghai)	㧫
	Jieyang	拭, 㧫, 抙
Wu	Suzhou	揩
Wu	Wenzhou	擦, 𢄺
Xiang	Changsha	湊, 抹, 揩
Xiang	Shuangfeng	揩, 抹

Compounds

抹布 (mābù)

抹搭 (mādā)

Japanese

Kanji

抹

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

grind
rub
crush
erase

Readings

Go-on: まつ (matsu, Jōyō); まち (machi)
Kan-on: ばつ (batsu)
Tō-on: も (mo)
Kun: する (suru, 抹る)

Compounds

抹茶(まっちゃ) (matcha): matcha, powdered green tea

Korean

Hanja

抹 • (mal) (hangeul 말, revised mal, McCune–Reischauer mal, Yale mal)

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Vietnamese

Han character

抹: Hán Nôm readings: mạt, mõi

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抹

Translingual

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References

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