瑁

瑁

瑁 U+7441, 瑁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7441 ← 瑀 [U+7440] CJK Unified Ideographs 瑂 → [U+7442]

Translingual

Han character

瑁 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一土日月山 (MGABU), four-corner 1616₀, composition ⿰𤣩冒)

References

• KangXi: page 736, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21096
• Dae Jaweon: page 1147, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1126, character 5
• Unihan data for U+7441

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		瑁
alternative forms		㺺 𤣽 冒 𤲰 ety. 2 蝐 ety. 2 㺺 𤣽 冒 𤲰 ety. 2 蝐 ety. 2 珼／𫞥 ⿰𤣩囟

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 瑁
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
媢	*mɯɡs, *muːʔ, *muːɡs, *muːɡ
冃	*muːɡs
冒	*muːɡs, *mɯːɡ
帽	*muːɡs
瑁	*muːɡs, *mɯːɡs, *muːɡ
賵	*m̥ʰuŋs
艒	*mɯːɡ, *muːɡ, *muːɡ
萺	*muːɡ, *muɡ
勗	*hmoɡ
勖	*hmoɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *muːɡs, *mɯːɡs, *muːɡ) : semantic 𤣩 (“jade”) + phonetic 冒 (OC *muːɡs, *mɯːɡ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mào (mao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mào
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mào
    • Wade–Giles: mao⁴
    • Yale: màu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maw
    • Palladius: мао (mao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁶
    • Yale: mouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /mɑu^H/

Rime
Character	瑁
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫報切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɑuH/
Pan Wuyun	/mɑuH/
Shao Rongfen	/mɑuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mawH/
Li Rong	/mɑuH/
Wang Li	/mɑuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/mɑuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*muːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瑁
Reading #	1/3
No.	8918
Phonetic component	冃
Rime group	奧
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	冃
Old Chinese	/*muːɡs/

Definitions

瑁

1. jade used by Son of Heaven to be pieced together with feudal lords' ceremonical jade gui (圭)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mào, mèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˋ, ㄇㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mào
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mào
    • Wade–Giles: mao⁴
    • Yale: màu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maw
    • Palladius: мао (mao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mèi
    • Wade–Giles: mei⁴
    • Yale: mèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mey
    • Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mui⁶
    • Yale: muih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mui⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /muʌi^H/, /muok̚/

Rime
Character	瑁	瑁
Reading #	1/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	冬 (6)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	莫佩切	莫沃切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muʌiH/	/muok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/muoiH/	/muok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/muɒiH/	/mok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwəjH/	/mawk̚/
Li Rong	/muᴀiH/	/mok̚/
Wang Li	/muɒiH/	/muok̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑ̆iH/	/muok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mèi	mù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mui6	muk6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯːɡs/, /*muːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瑁	瑁
Reading #	2/3	3/3
No.	8920	8925
Phonetic component	冃	冃
Rime group	代	覺
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	妹	瑁
Old Chinese	/*mɯːɡs/	/*muːɡ/
Notes	見淮南子玳瑁	見子虛賦，漢書作毒冒

Definitions

瑁

1. Only used in 玳瑁 (dàimào, dàimèi).

Compounds

玳瑁

玳瑁筵

玳瑁梁

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02589
• “瑁”, 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

瑁

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. jade used by emperor of China

Readings

• Go-on: まい (mai); もう (mō)
• Kan-on: ばい (bai); ぼう (bō)

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Korean

Hanja

瑁 • (mo, mae) (hangeul 모, 매, revised mo, mae, McCune–Reischauer mo, mae, Yale mo, may)

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Vietnamese

Han character

瑁: Hán Việt readings: mội (莫(mạc)佩(bội)切(thiết))[1], mạo (莫(mạc)報(báo)切(thiết))[2], mại[3], mồi[4]
瑁: Nôm readings: mồi[3][1][2][4][5], mùi[2], mao[6]

1. chữ Hán form of mội (“only used in 玳瑁 (đại mội)”).
2. chữ Hán form of mạo (“imperial jade used in ancient China”).
3. Nôm form of mồi (“tortoise shell”).

Compounds

• 玳瑁 (đại mội)
• 玳瑁 (đồi mồi)

References

1. Nguyễn et al. (2009).
2. Trần (2004).
3. Nguyễn (2014).
4. Bonet (1899).
5. Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
6. Hồ (1976).