茗
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Translingual edit
Han character edit
茗 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 10 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 9 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿弓戈口 (TNIR), four-corner 44607, composition ⿱艹名)
Derived characters edit
References edit
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1027, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30864
- Dae Jaweon: page 1486, character 18
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3208, character 1
- Unihan data for U+8317
Chinese edit
trad. | 茗 | |
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simp. # | 茗 | |
alternative forms | 榠 ⿱䒑名 |
Glyph origin edit
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *meːŋʔ) : semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 名 (OC *meŋ).
Etymology edit
Likely from Austroasiatic. Compare Palaungic မျံမ် (miəm), Danau miːn2, Lamet mɪːŋ, Mlabri miʌŋ, Mal mhiaŋ, Nyah Kur mìəm, Thai เมี่ยง (mîiang), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾᩮᩥ᩠᩶ᨿᨦ, Lao ໝ້ຽງ (mīang).
Pronunciation edit
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茗
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References edit
- “茗”, 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–
Japanese edit
Kanji edit
茗
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- 茗荷 (myōga): myoga or Japanese ginger (Zingiber mioga); a dimwit, an idiot, a stupid person; a kind of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”)
Etymology edit
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茗 |
めい Hyōgaiji |
on’yomi |
/mjau/ → /mjɔː/ → /mjoː/
From Middle Chinese 茗 (MC mengX).
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References edit
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Korean edit
Hanja edit
茗 • (myeong) (hangeul 명, revised myeong, McCune–Reischauer myŏng, Yale myeng)
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Vietnamese edit
Han character edit
茗: Hán Việt readings: dính[1], minh[2]
茗: Nôm readings: dính[1], rểnh[1], tranh[1]
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