Wiktionary

磨

See also: 磿
磨 U+78E8, 磨
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-78E8
← 磧
[U+78E7] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 磩 →
[U+78E9]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

磨 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 戈金一口 (ICMR) or 戈木一口 (IDMR), four-corner 00261, composition ⿸麻石)

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 835, character 39
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24449
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1253, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2453, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+78E8

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

Characters in the same phonetic series (麻) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
麻 *mraːl
痲 *mraːl
犘 *mraːl
縻 *mral
醿 *mral
爢 *mral
蘼 *mral, *mralʔ, *mrɯl
靡 *mralʔ
摩 *maːl, *maːls
魔 *maːl
磨 *maːl, *maːls
劘 *maːl
麽 *maːl
麼 *maːlʔ
塺 *maːls, *mɯːl
麾 *hmral

Originally written as 䃺 (mó). Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *maːl, *maːls) : semantic 石 (“rock”) + abbreviated phonetic 靡 (OC *mralʔ).

Etymology 1 edit

trad. 磨
simp. # 磨
2nd round simp. ⿸广石

Pronunciation edit

Note:
  • muài - vernacular;
  • mò̤ - literary.
Note:
  • bôa - vernacular;
  • mô͘ - literary.
Rime
Character 磨
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 戈 (95)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 莫婆切
Baxter ma
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/muɑ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/muɑ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/muɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/mwa/
Li
Rong 		/muɑ/
Wang
Li 		/muɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/muɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mó
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mo4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 磨
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		mó
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ma ›
Old
Chinese 		/*mˁaj/
English rub, grind

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 磨
Reading # 1/2
No. 8706
Phonetic
component 		麻
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		摩
Old
Chinese 		/*maːl/

Definitions edit

磨

  1. to grind; to sharpen
  2. to rub; to chafe
  3. to wear away; to obliterate
  4. to wear out; to wear down; to erode
  5. to dawdle; to waste (time)
  6. to pester; to plague (someone)

Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

trad. 磨
simp. # 磨
2nd round simp. ⿸广石

Pronunciation edit

Rime
Character 磨
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 戈 (95)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 摸卧切
Baxter maH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/muɑH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/muɑH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/muɑH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/mwaH/
Li
Rong 		/muɑH/
Wang
Li 		/muɑH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/muɑH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mò
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mo6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 磨
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		mò
Middle
Chinese 		‹ maH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*mˁaj-s/
English grinding stone

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 磨
Reading # 2/2
No. 8710
Phonetic
component 		麻
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese 		/*maːls/

Definitions edit

磨

  1. grinder; mill
  2. to grind; to mill
  3. to turn around
  4. (Cantonese) to waste time

Compounds edit

Etymology 3 edit

trad. 磨
simp. # 磨
alternative forms 庅

Possibly from 摩 (OC *maːl, “to approach; to touch; to draw near”); cognate with Cantonese 埋 (maai4, “to approach”) (Yan et al., 2016).

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

磨

  1. (Teochew) to approach

Japanese edit

Shinjitai 磨
Kyūjitai
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磨󠄁
磨+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1) 		 
磨󠄃
磨+&#xE0103;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
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Kanji edit

磨

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. to polish
  2. to grind
  3. to brush (teeth)

Readings edit

From Middle Chinese 磨 (MC ma); compare Mandarin 磨 (mó):

  • Go-on: ま (ma, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: ば (ba)

From Middle Chinese 磨 (MC maH); compare Mandarin 磨 (mò):

From native Japanese roots:

Compounds edit

Compounds

References edit

  1. ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1546 (paper), page 825 (digital)
  2. ^ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 885 (paper), page 455 (digital)

Korean edit

Hanja edit

磨 (eumhun 갈 마 (gal ma))

  1. Hanja form? of 마 (“grind, polish, rub, wear out”).
  2. Hanja form? of 마 (“millstone”).

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

磨: Hán Nôm readings: ma, mài

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