溟

溟	U+6E9F, 溟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E9F

Translingual edit

Han character edit

溟 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水月日金 (EBAC), four-corner 3718₀, composition ⿰氵冥)

References edit

Kangxi Dictionary: page 640, character 2
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17947
Dae Jaweon: page 1046, character 24
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1709, character 5
Unihan data for U+6E9F

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.		溟

Glyph origin edit

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

	Old Chinese
瞑	meːn, meːns, *meːŋ
嫇	mreːŋ, meːŋ, *meːŋʔ
慏	*meŋʔ
冥	*meːŋ
榠	*meːŋ
鄍	*meːŋ
溟	meːŋ, meːŋʔ
螟	*meːŋ
猽	*meːŋ
蓂	meːŋ, meːɡ
覭	meːŋ, meːɡ
暝	meːŋ, meːŋs
幎	*meːɡ
幂	*meːɡ
塓	*meːɡ

Etymology edit

Thought by classical commentators to be the same word as 冥 (OC *meːŋ, “dark, black(of water)”) (likely in light of the parallelism with the unrelated 海 (OC *hmlɯːʔ, “sea, ocean”) < 晦 (OC *hmɯːs, “dark”)). If so, see 冥 (OC *meːŋ) for etymology.

Schuessler (2007) proposes that there's an outside chance this can be instead connected with Proto-Tibeto-Burman *mlik, whence Old Burmese မ္လစ် (“river”), Burmese မြစ် (mrac), Rakhine [script needed] (mreik, “sea”), Daai Chin [Term?] (mlik (tui), “big water, river, sea”)

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míng (ming²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴, ming⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: míng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: míng
  - Wade–Giles: ming²
  - Yale: míng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ming
  - Palladius: мин (min)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ming⁴, ming⁵
  - Yale: mìhng, míhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴, ming⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴, ming⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹/, /mɪŋ¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng
  - Tâi-lô: bîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: beeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³/

Middle Chinese: meng, mengX

Rime
Character	溟	溟
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	莫經切	莫迥切
Baxter	meng	mengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/meŋ/	/meŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/meŋ/	/meŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/mɛŋ/	/mɛŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɛjŋ/	/mɛjŋ^X/
Li Rong	/meŋ/	/meŋ^X/
Wang Li	/mieŋ/	/mieŋ^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/mieŋ/	/mieŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	míng	mǐng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ming⁴	ming⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*meːŋ/, /*meːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	溟	溟
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9200	9209
Phonetic component	冥	冥
Rime group	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	冥	茗
Old Chinese	/*meːŋ/	/*meːŋʔ/

Definitions edit

溟

sea, ocean
- 北冥有魚，其名為鯤。 [MSC, trad.]
  北冥有鱼，其名为鲲。 [MSC, simp.]
  Běimíng yǒu yú, qí míng wéi kūn. [Pinyin]
  In the northern ocean there is a fish; its name is Kun.