碼

See also: 码

碼	U+78BC, 碼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-78BC

← 碻
[U+78BB]

CJK Unified Ideographs

碽 →
[U+78BD]

Translingual

Han character

碼 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一口尸手火 (MRSQF), four-corner 1162₇, composition ⿰石馬)

References

KangXi: page 833, character 33

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24368

Dae Jaweon: page 1251, character 2

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2446, character 7

Unihan data for U+78BC

Chinese

trad.		碼
simp.		码

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
馬	*mraːʔ
碼	*mraːʔ
罵	mraːʔ, mraːs
鷌	*mraːʔ
鰢	*mraːʔ
瑪	*mraːʔ
榪	*mraːs
傌	*mraːs
禡	*mraːs
媽	*maːʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mraːʔ) : semantic 石 (“stone; rock”) + phonetic 馬／马 (OC *mraːʔ).

Etymology

Before Qing dynasty, the character was used in word 碼瑙／码瑙 (Yupian) and 碼頭／码头 (mǎtou) (Stories to Awaken the World), both originally written with 馬／马 (mǎ).

“gambling chip”, “chip for counting” (> “number”), “classifier for things”: Appears in Qing dynasty, also originally written with 馬／马 (mǎ). See 馬／马 (mǎ) for more.
“yard”: Used in 《英吉利国舆情记略》 (1834), probably a derivation of "counting chip" sense which is used for translating English yard.
“kilometer per hour”: Probably a corruption of 邁／迈 (mài) (mile > mile per hour > kilometer per hour).
“pixelization”: Short for 馬賽克／马赛克 (mǎsàikè).
“to reply to a post for reading it later”: From English mark.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǎ (ma³)
(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mâ
Min Bei (KCR): mǎ
Min Dong (BUC): mā
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): bé / bée / má / bā
(Teochew, Peng'im): bhê²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǎ
  - Wade–Giles: ma³
  - Yale: mǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maa
  - Palladius: ма (ma)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (碼兒／码儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǎr
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǎr
  - Wade–Giles: marh³
  - Yale: mǎr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maal
  - Palladius: мар (mar)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑɻ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maa⁵
  - Yale: máh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: ma´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ma¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ma²⁴/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mǎ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma²¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: mā
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bé
  - Tâi-lô: bé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bea
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /be⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /be⁴¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /be⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bée
  - Tâi-lô: bée
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɛ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: má
  - Tâi-lô: má
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mar
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mã⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /mã⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mã⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bā
  - Tâi-lô: bā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ba
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ba³³/

Note:

bé/bée - colloquial;
má - literary;
bā - “yard”.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bhê²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bé
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /be⁵²/

Middle Chinese: /mˠa^X/

Rime
Character	碼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	莫下切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠa^X/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚa^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ma^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨ^X/
Li Rong	/ma^X/
Wang Li	/ma^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ma^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǎ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maa⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*mraːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	碼
Reading #	1/1
No.	8716
Phonetic component	馬
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	馬
Old Chinese	/*mraːʔ/
Notes	古作馬

Definitions

碼

^† Used in 碼瑙／码瑙.
digit; number; code
號碼／号码 ― hàomǎ ― number; code; digit
(of shoes) number of size
(Cantonese, of clothing in general) size
yard (unit of length)
(computing) code
源碼／源码 ― yuánmǎ ― source code
二維碼／二维码 ― èrwéimǎ ― QR code
亂碼／乱码 ― luànmǎ ― mojibake
code, encoding of a Chinese character into the Latin alphabet
電碼／电码 ― diànmǎ ― Chinese telegraph code
音碼、形碼／音码、形码 ― yīnmǎ, xíngmǎ ― pronunciation-based IME, shape-based IME
拼音輸入法的重碼率 [MSC, trad.]
拼音输入法的重码率 [MSC, simp.]
pīnyīn shūrùfǎ de chóngmǎlǜ [Pinyin]
rate of code overlap for Pinyin IMEs
Classifier for things, matter.
(colloquial) to pile up
(nonstandard) kilometer per hour
(Mainland China, neologism) pixelization
(Mainland China, neologism) to reply to a post for reading it later
(Mainland China, neologism) to type a document

Synonyms

(pixelization): 馬賽克／马赛克 (mǎsàikè)

Compounds

Derived terms from 碼

一碼子／一码子
一碼新／一码新
中文內碼／中文内码
亂碼／乱码 (luànmǎ)
二進制碼／二进制码
交換碼／交换码
代碼／代码 (dàimǎ)
代碼機／代码机
價碼／价码 (jiàmǎ)
內碼／内码 (nèimǎ)
兩碼事／两码事 (liǎngmǎshì)
公許碼頭／公许码头
加碼／加码 (jiāmǎ)
十二碼／十二码 (shí'èrmǎ)
十二碼球／十二码球
卡片碼／卡片码
另碼事／另码事
商品條碼／商品条码
土碼子／土码子
壽頭碼子／寿头码子
密碼／密码 (mìmǎ)
密電碼／密电码
尺碼／尺码 (chǐmǎ)
層層加碼／层层加码
工碼兒／工码儿
平碼館／平码馆
底碼／底码
快碼倉頡／快码仓颉

截碼機／截码机
戲碼／戏码 (xìmǎ)
戲碼單／戏码单
拜碼頭／拜码头 (bàimǎtou)
挑碼頭／挑码头
捏碼／捏码
捏碼子／捏码子
撞碼頭／撞码头
數碼／数码 (shùmǎ)
明碼／明码 (míngmǎ)
暗碼／暗码 (ànmǎ)
條碼／条码 (tiáomǎ)
棧橋碼頭／栈桥码头
水旱碼頭／水旱码头
水碼頭／水码头
法碼／法码
注碼／注码
洋碼子／洋码子 (yángmǎzi)
洋碼字／洋码字
琴碼／琴码 (qínmǎ)
砝碼／砝码 (fǎmǎ)
碼口／码口
碼子／码子 (mǎzi)
碼洋／码洋
碼目／码目
碼錢／码钱
碼頭／码头 (mǎtou)
符碼／符码

籌碼／筹码 (chóumǎ)
索書號碼／索书号码
編碼／编码 (biānmǎ)
腳碼子／脚码子
腿碼／腿码
草碼／草码 (cǎomǎ)
蘇州碼子／苏州码子 (Sūzhōu mǎzi)
號碼／号码 (hàomǎ)
號碼機／号码机
號碼盤／号码盘
解碼／解码 (jiěmǎ)
解碼器／解码器 (jiěmǎqì)
貨碼／货码
走碼頭／走码头
起碼／起码 (qǐmǎ)
跑碼頭／跑码头
逼碼／逼码
鉛碼／铅码
錢碼子／钱码子
開碼頭／开码头
零碼／零码
電碼／电码 (diànmǎ)
電話國碼／电话国码
電話號碼／电话号码 (diànhuà hàomǎ)
頁碼／页码 (yèmǎ)
類碼／类码
麥碼子／麦码子
麵碼兒／面码儿

Japanese

Kanji

碼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: め (me)
Kan-on: ば (ba)
Kan’yō-on: ま (ma)
Kun: ヤード (yādo, 碼); ヤール (yāru, 碼)

Korean

Hanja

碼 • (ma) (hangeul 마)

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Vietnamese

Han character

碼: Hán Nôm readings: mã

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