牟
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Translingual edit
Han character edit
牟 (Kangxi radical 93, 牛+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 戈竹手 (IHQ), four-corner 23500, composition ⿱厶牛)
Derived characters edit
Descendants edit
- ム (Katakana character derived from Man'yōgana)
References edit
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 697, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19928
- Dae Jaweon: page 1109, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1800, character 7
- Unihan data for U+725F
Chinese edit
simp. and trad. |
牟 | |
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alternative forms | 𠫚 ⿱厶干 𢃷 |
Glyph origin edit
Historical forms of the character 牟 | |
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Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script |
Ideogram (指事): An ox (牛) with a symbol (now 厶) to represent its lowing.
Etymology edit
- “moo”
- Onomatopoeic.
- “to seek; to obtain”
- By extension of 蛑 (OC *mu, “a type of pest that eats sprouts and roots”).
- “to love”
- Cognate with 慕 (OC *maːɡs, “to admire”) (Schuessler, 2007).
- “look; appearance”
- Variant of 模 (MC mu).
- “spear”
- Variant of 矛 (MC mjuw).
Pronunciation 1 edit
Definitions edit
牟
- (onomatopoeia) the sound of cattle: moo
- alt. forms: 哞 (mōu)
- to seek; to obtain; to seize
- alt. forms: 侔 (móu)
- † to exceed; to increase; to double
- † broad; great
- † longlasting
- (Han dynasty, Sòng-Lǔ dialect) to love
- † look; appearance
- † spear
- † Alternative form of 麰/𮮇 (móu, “barley”)
- 貽我來牟、帝命率育。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Yí wǒ mài móu, dì mìng shuài yù. [Pinyin]
- Thou didst confer on us the wheat and the barley, which God appointed for the nourishment of all;
贻我来牟、帝命率育。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
- † Alternative form of 眸 (móu, “eyeball”)
- † Alternative form of 堥 (“earthen pot”)
- † Alternative form of 侔 (móu, “to be equal”)
- † Alternative form of 鍪 (móu, “helmet”)
- (~國) (historical) Mou (an ancient state in modern-day Shandong, China)
- a surname
Compounds edit
Pronunciation 2 edit
Definitions edit
牟
- Used in place names.
- a surname
Compounds edit
References edit
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02487
- “牟”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- (Min Nan) “Entry #41051”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Mandarin and Taiwanese Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
Japanese edit
Kanji edit
牟
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
Readings edit
Compounds edit
Usage notes edit
- Used in Old Japanese as a 借音 (shakuon) kana for ⟨mu⟩.
References edit
Korean edit
Hanja edit
牟 • (mo) (hangeul 모, revised mo, McCune–Reischauer mo, Yale mo)
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Vietnamese edit
Han character edit
牟: Hán Nôm readings: mưu, màu, mâu, mầu, mào
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