獼

獼

See also: 猕

獼 U+737C, 獼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-737C ← 獻 [U+737B] CJK Unified Ideographs 獽 → [U+737D]

Translingual

Han character

獼 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 大竹弓一月 (KHNMB), four-corner 4122₇, composition ⿰犭彌)

1. macaque (Macaca genus of monkeys)

References

• KangXi: page 721, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20788
• Dae Jaweon: page 1133, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1378, character 10
• Unihan data for U+737C

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Chinese

trad.		獼
simp.		猕

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
嬭	*rneːlʔ, *niːlʔ
禰	*niːlʔ
镾	*niːlʔ, *mnel
薾	*niːlʔ
檷	*niːlʔ
鑈	*niːlʔ, *neːb
瀰	*niːlʔ, *mnel, *mnelʔ
獼	*mnel
瓕	*mnel
彌	*mnel
鸍	*mnel, *hnjel
擟	*mnel
濔	*mnelʔ
壐	*smlelʔ
璽	*smlelʔ
爾	*njelʔ
邇	*njelʔ
獮	*smlenʔ
籋	*neb, *neːb

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mí (mi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴, nei⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): bî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mí
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mí
    • Wade–Giles: mi²
    • Yale: mí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mi
    • Palladius: ми (mi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁴, nei⁴
    • Yale: mèih, nèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴, nei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴, néi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹/, /nei̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî
    • Tâi-lô: bî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /miᴇ/

Rime
Character	獼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	武移切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/mjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miə̆/
Li Rong	/mie/
Wang Li	/mǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/mie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mnel/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	獼
Reading #	1/1
No.	2805
Phonetic component	爾
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	彌
Old Chinese	/*mnel/
Notes	見楚辭

Definitions

獼

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Compounds

獼猴／猕猴 (míhóu)

獼猴桃／猕猴桃 (míhóutáo)

References

• “獼”, 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–

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Japanese

Kanji

獼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): び (bi), み (mi)
• Kun: さる (saru)

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Korean

Hanja

獼 • (mi) (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune–Reischauer mi, Yale mi)

1. monkey, macaque

Derived terms

• 미후도(獼猴桃) (mihudo, “kiwifruit, Chinese gooseberry”, literally “macaque peach”)
  • 다래 (darae)
  • 등리(藤梨) (deungni, literally “vine pear”)
  • 양도(羊桃) (yangdo, literally “goat peach”)

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Vietnamese

Han character

獼: Hán Nôm readings: mi, mị

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