Chinese edit

dark; deep dark; deep
simp. and trad.
(冥冥)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (4)
Final () (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter meng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/meŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/meŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/mɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mɛjŋ/
Li
Rong
/meŋ/
Wang
Li
/mieŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mieŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
míng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ming4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
míng
Middle
Chinese
‹ meng ›
Old
Chinese
/*mˁeŋ/
English dark

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 # 1/1
No. 9197
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*meːŋ/

Adjective edit

冥冥

  1. (literary, ideophonic) dusky; dark and gloomy

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
めい
Grade: S
めい
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
冥々

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

(めい)(めい) (meimei-tari (adnominal (めい)(めい)とした (meimei to shita) or (めい)(めい)たる (meimei taru), adverbial (めい)(めい) (meimei to) or (めい)(めい)として (meimei to shite))

  1. dark, dim
  2. unclear (situation, prospects)

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN