㦄

㦄 U+3984, 㦄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-3984 ← 㦃 [U+3983] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 㦅 → [U+3985]

Translingual

Han character

㦄 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 戈木心 (IDP), composition ⿸麻心)

1. hard to say or predict
2. difficult to speak out (for fear of embarrassing or paining others)
3. not easy to express with words

Derived characters

• 𬟊

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 400, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2343, character 13
• Unihan data for U+3984

Chinese

simp. and trad.		㦄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): má (ma²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: má
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: má
    • Wade–Giles: ma²
    • Yale: má
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ma
    • Palladius: ма (ma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: maa⁴
    • Yale: màh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mae

Rime
Character	㦄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	莫霞切
Baxter	mae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/ma/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨ/
Li Rong	/ma/
Wang Li	/ma/
Bernard Karlgren	/ma/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	má
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maa4

Definitions

㦄

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