物
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Translingual
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Han character
物 (Kangxi radical 93, 牛+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹手心竹竹 (HQPHH), four-corner 27520, composition ⿰牜勿)
Derived characters
- 𭈘, 𠡵, 惣, 𤊘, 𭱮, 鿯, 𫙦, 𭬲
References
- KangXi: page 699, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19959
- Dae Jaweon: page 1111, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1805, character 3
- Unihan data for U+7269
Chinese
simp. and trad. | 物 |
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Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 物 | |||
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Shang | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Oracle bone script | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Old Chinese | |
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脗 | *minʔ |
吻 | *mɯnʔ |
刎 | *mɯnʔ |
伆 | *mɯnʔ, *mɯd |
勽 | *buːs, *mɯnʔ |
沕 | *mrɯd, *mɯd |
忽 | *hmɯːd |
昒 | *hmɯːd, *mɯd |
惚 | *hmɯːd |
匫 | *hmɯːd |
笏 | *hmɯːd |
曶 | *hmɯːd |
淴 | *ʔmɯːd |
物 | *mɯd |
勿 | *mɯd |
芴 | *mɯd |
岉 | *mɯd |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mɯd) : semantic 牛 + phonetic 勿 (OC *mɯd).
Etymology
Compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(m/b)rəw (“grain; seed; lineage”) (STEDT), whence Tibetan འབྲུ ('bru, “seed; grain”), Jingpho amyu (ə myú, “kind; sort”), Burmese မျိုး (myui:, “seed”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
物
- thing, matter
- 物體/物体 ― wùtǐ ― object
- 動物/动物 ― dòngwù ― animal [lit. moving thing]
- all of the outside world, excluding oneself
- substance, content
- Short for 物理 (wùlǐ, “physics”).
- to choose, to select
- to seek, to look for
- 物色 ― wùsè ― to seek out, to scout out
- (Teochew) to do
- 家己物 [Teochew] ― ga1 gi7 muêh8 [Peng'im] ― do it by oneself
- † Alternative form of 勿 (wù).
- (Min Nan) Alternative form of 乜 (miē, “what”).
Synonyms
- (to do):
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Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)
Readings
- Go-on: もつ (motsu, Jōyō); もち (mochi)
- Kan-on: ぶつ (butsu, Jōyō)
- Kun: もの (mono, 物, Jōyō); もん (mon, 物)
Compounds
- 好物 (kōbutsu): favorite food
- 本物 (honmono): real
- 物語 (monogatari): tale, story
- 食べ物 (tabemono): food
- 着物 (kimono): kimono
- 動物 (dōbutsu): animal
- 果物 (kudamono): fruit
- 見物 (kenbutsu): sightseeing
- 贋物 (ganbutsu): a fake, an imitation, a knock-off
- 物売り (monouri)
- 物売 (monou): selling goods
- 建物 (tatemono): building
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term |
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物 |
もの Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi |
⟨mo2no2⟩ → ⟨mono2⟩ → /mono/
From Old Japanese. Attested in the Kojiki. Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *mənə.
Alternative forms
- (informal) 物 (mon)
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) もの [mònóꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
- (Tokyo) もの [mònó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [mo̞no̞]
Noun
物 • (mono)
- thing (concrete, tangible)
- Synonym: (slang) 物 (butsu)
- (law) a corporeal object
- Japanese Civil Code, Article 85
- この法律において「物」とは、有体物をいう。
- Kono hōritsu ni oite “mono” to wa, yūtaibutsu o iu.
- The term "Things" as used in this Code shall mean tangible thing.
- この法律において「物」とは、有体物をいう。
- Japanese Civil Code, Article 85
See also
- 事 (koto, “thing”, abstract, intangible)
Suffix
物 • (-mono)
- story, genre (type of story)
- 密室モノ
- misshitsu-mono
- locked room story
- 探偵もののドラマ
- tantei-mono no dorama
- detective drama
- 冒険ものです。
- Bōken-mono desu.
- It is an adventure story.
- 密室モノ
Prefix
物 • (mono-)
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Derived terms
- 物寂しい (monosabishii)
- 物凄い (monosugoi)
- 物狂い (monogurui)
Etymology 2
/mono/ → /mon/
Shift from mono above.
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- IPA(key): [mõ̞ɴ]
Noun
物 • (mon)
- (informal) Alternative form of 物 (mono, “thing”)
Etymology 3
Kanji in this term |
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物 |
ぶつ Grade: 3 |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 物 (MC mɨut̚).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) ぶつ [búꜜtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA(key): [bɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ]
Noun
物 • (butsu) ←ぶつ (butu)?
- (slang) thing
- Synonym: 物 (mono)
Affix
物 • (butsu) ←ぶつ (butu)?
- thing
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 物 (MC mɨut̚).
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Dongguk Jeongun Reading | ||
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | 무ᇙ〮 (Yale: mwúlq) | |
Middle Korean | ||
Text | Eumhun | |
Gloss (hun) | Reading | |
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 | 갓 (Yale: kàs) | 믈〮 (Yale: múl) |
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [muɭ]
- Phonetic hangul: [물]
Hanja
Wikisource物 (eumhun 물건(物件) 물 (mulgeon mul))
- Hanja form? of 물 (“thing; stuff”).
Compounds
- 건물 (建物, geonmul)
- 고물 (古物, gomul)
- 곡물 (穀物, gongmul)
- 광물 (鑛物, gwangmul)
- 괴물 (怪物, goemul)
- 뇌물 (賂物, noemul)
- 대물 (對物, daemul)
- 동물 (動物, dongmul)
- 보물 (寶物, bomul)
- 사물 (事物, samul)
- 생물 (生物, saengmul)
- 선물 (膳物, seonmul)
- 속물 (俗物, songmul)
- 식물 (植物, singmul)
- 오물 (汚物, omul)
- 유물 (遺物, yumul)
- 인물 (人物, inmul)
- 장물 (贓物, jangmul)
- 제물 (祭物, jemul)
- 주물 (鑄物, jumul)
- 물가 (物價, mulga)
- 물건 (物件, mulgeon)
- 물리 (物理, mulli)
- 물질 (物質, muljil)
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Kunigami
Kanji
物
- Kun: むぬー (munū)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /munuː/
Noun
物 (hiragana むぬー, rōmaji munū)
- thing
Miyako
Kanji
物
- Kun: むぬ (munu)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /munu/
Noun
物 (hiragana むぬ, rōmaji munu)
- thing
Okinawan
Kanji
(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)
Readings
- On: むち (muchi)←むつぃ (mutsi, historical)
- Kun: むぬ (munu, 物); むん (mun, 物)
Compounds
- 書物 (shimuchi)
- 金物 (kanamun)
- 物語 (munugatai)
- 昔物語 (nkashimunugatai)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /munu/, /muŋ/
Noun
物 (hiragana むぬ, rōmaji munu, alternative reading むん, rōmaji mun)
- thing
Vietnamese
Han character
物: Hán Việt readings: vật
物: Nôm readings: vật
- chữ Hán form of vật (“item; object; thing”).
Yaeyama
Kanji
物
- Kun: むぬ (munu)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /munu/
Noun
物 (hiragana むぬ, rōmaji munu)
- thing
Yonaguni
Kanji
物
- Kun: むぬ (munu)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /munu/
Noun
物 (hiragana むぬ, rōmaji munu)
- thing