渼

渼

渼 U+6E3C, 渼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E3C ← 渻 [U+6E3B] CJK Unified Ideographs 渽 → [U+6E3D]

Translingual

Han character

渼 (radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水廿土大 (ETGK), four-corner 3813₅, composition ⿰氵美)

References

• KangXi: page 635, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17796
• Dae Jaweon: page 1043, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1685, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6E3C

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		渼

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (美) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
美	*mriʔ
渼	*mriʔ
媄	*mriʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měi (mei³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: měi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ
    • Wade–Giles: mei³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měi
    • IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵
    • Yale: méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /mˠiɪ^X/▼

Rime
Character	渼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	無鄙切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiɪX/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚiX/
Shao Rongfen	/miɪX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mjiX/
Li Rong	/mjiX/
Wang Li	/miX/
Bernard Karlgren	/miX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǐ

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*mriʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	渼
Reading #	1/1
No.	8952
Phonetic component	美
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	美
Old Chinese	/*mriʔ/

Definitions

渼

1. ripple

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Japanese

Kanji

渼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): び (bi); み (mi)

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Korean

Hanja

渼 (eum 미 (mi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

渼: Hán Nôm readings: mẻ

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