玫

玫

玫 U+73AB, 玫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-73AB ← 玪 [U+73AA] CJK Unified Ideographs 玬 → [U+73AC]

Translingual

Han character

玫 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一土人大 (MGOK) or X一土人大 (XMGOK), four-corner 1814₀, composition ⿰𤣩攵)

Derived characters

• 𡝺, 𭗓, 𡻶

References

• KangXi: page 728, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20874
• Dae Jaweon: page 1140, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1104, character 8
• Unihan data for U+73AB

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		玫
alternative forms		玟 㺳 𭸷 珻

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
旻	*mrɯn
旼	*mrɯn
汶	*mrɯn, *mɯn, *mɯns
忞	*mrɯn
盿	*mrɯn
枚	*mɯːl
玫	*mɯːl
玟	*mɯːl
文	*mɯn
紋	*mɯn
蚊	*mɯn
雯	*mɯn
彣	*mɯn
馼	*mɯn
鳼	*mɯn
鼤	*mɯn, *mɯns
抆	*mɯnʔ, *mɯns
紊	*mɯns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mɯːl) : semantic 𤣩 (“jade”) + phonetic 文 (OC *mɯn)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méi (mei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mòi
• Jin (Wiktionary): mei¹
• Min Dong (BUC): muòi
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): mûi / bôe / môe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhuê⁵ / bhung⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): me (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méi
    • Wade–Giles: mei²
    • Yale: méi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei
    • Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mui⁴
    • Yale: mùih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mòi
    • Hakka Romanization System: moiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: moi²
    • Sinological IPA: /moi̯¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: mei¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /mei¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: muòi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mui⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi
    • Tâi-lô: muî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: muii
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /muĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /muĩ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bôe
    • Tâi-lô: buê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: môe
    • Tâi-lô: muê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moee
    • IPA (Tainan): /muẽ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhuê⁵ / bhung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buê / bûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bue⁵⁵/, /buŋ⁵⁵/

Note: bhung5 - vernacular (俗).

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: me (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /me̞²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /muʌi/

Rime
Character	玫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫杯切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/muoi/
Shao Rongfen	/muɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwəj/
Li Rong	/muᴀi/
Wang Li	/muɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	méi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mui4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	玫
Reading #	1/1
No.	13013
Phonetic component	文
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	枚
Old Chinese	/*mɯːl/
Notes	說文作玟

Definitions

玫

1. type of gemstone

   歷玫階而升隩，訪金壺之盈闕。 [MSC, trad.]
   历玫阶而升隩，访金壶之盈阙。 [MSC, simp.]

   From: 南朝·宋·鮑照《觀漏賦》

   Lì méijiē ér shēngyù, fǎng jīnhú zhī yíngquè. [Pinyin]

   (please add an English translation of this example)

2. Used in 玫瑰 (méigui, “rose”).

Compounds

玫瑰 (méigui) 玫瑰柱 玫瑰油 玫瑰精 玫瑰糠疹 玫瑰紫 (méiguizǐ) 玫瑰罋

玫瑰色 (méiguisè) 玫瑰花 (méiguihuā) 玫瑰露 玫瑰露酒 白玫瑰 迷你玫瑰 玫瑰戰爭／玫瑰战争

玫瑰樹／玫瑰树 玫瑰灣／玫瑰湾 (Méiguīwān) 玫瑰紅／玫瑰红 玫瑰餅／玫瑰饼 紅玫瑰／红玫瑰 風玫瑰圖／风玫瑰图

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Japanese

Kanji

玫

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: まい (mai)
• Kan-on: ばい (bai)

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Korean

Hanja

玫 (eum 매 (mae))

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Vietnamese

Han character

玫: Hán Việt readings: mai[1][2], mân[1], môi (莫(mạc)桮(bôi)切(thiết))[3]
玫: Nôm readings: môi[2]

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References

1. Trần (2004).
2. Bonet (1899).
3. Génibrel (1898).