芇

芇

芇 U+8287, 芇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8287 ← 芆 [U+8286] CJK Unified Ideographs 芈 → [U+8288]

Translingual

Han character

芇 (radical 140, 艸+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿中月 (TLB), composition ⿱艹巾)

References

• KangXi: page 1018, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30667
• Dae Jaweon: page 1476, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3175, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8287

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		芇

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (芇) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
芇	*men, *meːnʔ, *maːn
蹣	*boːn, *moːn
瞞	*moːn
顢	*moːn
樠	*moːn, *mon, *muːn
慲	*moːn
鬗	*moːn, *mons
滿	*moːnʔ
鏋	*moːnʔ
懣	*moːnʔ, *muːnʔ, *muːns
璊	*muːn

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mián (mian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mián
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˊ
    • Wade–Giles: mien²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mian
    • IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁴
    • Yale: mìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /miːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /muɑn/, /miᴇn/, /men^X/▼

Rime
Character	芇	芇	芇
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)	仙 (77)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III	IV
Fanqie	母官切	武延切	彌殄切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muɑn/	/miᴇn/	/menX/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷɑn/	/miɛn/	/menX/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑn/	/mjæn/	/mɛnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwan/	/mian/	/mɛnX/
Li Rong	/muɑn/	/miɛn/	/menX/
Wang Li	/muɑn/	/mĭɛn/	/mienX/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑn/	/mi̯ɛn/	/mienX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mán	mián	miǎn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*men/, /*meːnʔ/, /*maːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	芇	芇	芇
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	9029	9030	9031
Phonetic component	芇	芇	芇
Rime group	元	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	緜	㨠	瞞
Old Chinese	/*men/	/*meːnʔ/	/*maːn/

Definitions

芇

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Japanese

Kanji

芇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: まん (man); めん (men)
• Kan-on: ばん (ban); べん (ben)
• Kun: あたる (ataru, 芇たる); じご (jigo, 芇)