藑茅

Chinese

			thatch
trad. (藑茅)		藑	茅
simp. #(藑茅)		藑	茅

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Where did the 藑 part come from? It is only ever used in this word. Did it come from 瓊?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qióngmáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄇㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qióngmáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄇㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyóngmáo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiung²-mao²
    • Yale: chyúng-máu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyongmau
    • Palladius: цюнмао (cjunmao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: gjwieng maew

Rime
Character	藑	茅
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	清 (122)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	渠營切	莫交切
Baxter	gjwieng	maew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡwiᴇŋ/	/mˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡʷiɛŋ/	/mᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiuæŋ/	/mau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gwiajŋ/	/maɨw/
Li Rong	/ɡiuɛŋ/	/mau/
Wang Li	/ɡĭwɛŋ/	/mau/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯wɛŋ/	/mau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qióng	máo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	king4	maau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷeŋ  mruː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	茅
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	máo
Middle Chinese	‹ mæw ›
Old Chinese	/*C.mˁru/
English	kind of grass; "thatch"
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	藑	茅
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13912	8803
Phonetic component	夐	矛
Rime group	耕	幽
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	瓊	茅
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷeŋ/	/*mruː/

Noun

藑茅

1. (historical) a red herb used for divination in ancient times