See also:
U+95A9, 閩
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95A9

[U+95A8]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+95AA]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 169, +6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 日弓中一戈 (ANLMI), four-corner 77136, composition )

Derived characters edit

Related characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1335, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41315
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1841, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4295, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+95A9

Chinese edit

trad.
simp.
alternative forms 𨷷

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *mrɯn, *mɯn): phonetic (OC *mɯːn) + semantic (snake). The radical was a common component of the names of barbarians (Schuessler, 2007), probably reflecting the Min people's worship of snakes (Li, 2017).

Etymology edit

Matisoff (2003) relates it to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-b/m-ruːl (snake), but this comparison is no longer held in STEDT.

In most modern Min dialects and some other southern dialects (including Hakka and Xiang), it is read with a level tone (平聲), which is the expected reflex based on rime dictionaries. In Mandarin and the remaining southern dialects, it is read with a rising tone (上聲), probably due to analogy with the phonetic component of (MC minX) (Li, 2017).

Pronunciation edit


Note: man4 - uncommon.
Note:
  • bân - vernacular;
  • bîn - literary.
  • Wu
  • Xiang

  • Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Initial () (4) (4)
    Final () (44) (59)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open Closed
    Division () III III
    Fanqie
    Baxter min mjun
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /mˠiɪn/ /mɨun/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /mᵚin/ /miun/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /mien/ /miuən/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /mjin/ /mun/
    Li
    Rong
    /mjĕn/ /miuən/
    Wang
    Li
    /mǐĕn/ /mĭuən/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /mi̯ĕn/ /mi̯uən/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    mín wén
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    man4 man4
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    mǐn
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ min ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*mrə[n]/
    English southern tribes

    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
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    No. 8956 8966
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    1 1
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*mrɯn/ /*mɯn/

    Definitions edit

    1. (historical) Min people (ancient ethnic group)
    2. (~江) Min River (a river in Fujian, China)
    3. Fujian
        ―  mǐnnán  ―  southern Fujian
      西西  ―  mǐn  ―  western Fujian
        ―  mǐncài  ―  Fujian cuisine
    4. (~語, 方言) Min languages
    5. a surname

    Compounds edit

    See also edit

    Japanese edit

    Kanji edit

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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    Readings edit

    Compounds edit

    Proper noun edit

     
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    Kanji in this term
    びん
    Hyōgaiji
    kan’on

    (びん) (Bin

    1. Min, one of the w:Ten Kingdoms of China

    Korean edit

    Hanja edit

    (min) (hangeul , revised min, McCune–Reischauer min, Yale min)

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    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

    : Hán Nôm readings: mân

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