匁
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Translingual edit
Han character edit
匁 (Kangxi radical 20, 勹+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 心大 (PK) or 難心大 (XPK), composition ⿻勹乂)
Derived characters edit
References edit
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 150, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2502
- Dae Jaweon: page 339, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 256, character 1
- Unihan data for U+5301
Chinese edit
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Glyph origin edit
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 匁 (monme)
Etymology edit
Pronunciation borrowed from 兩/两 (liǎng).
Pronunciation edit
Definitions edit
匁
Japanese edit
Glyph origin edit
A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”). ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 文 + メ, a ligature of 文 (mon) and メ (me), used to phonetically spell out the word. The unit of distance could also be written as 文目 (monme), and in this character the 目 is rendered in katakana and fused with 文.
漢典 (zdic.net) posits the origin as a regular script form of 兩 (ryō), but this is dubious because the value of the 兩 was between 4 and 10 momme, and is now either 50g (mainland China) or 37.5g (Taiwan), and of similar value in Hong Kong; i.e., the units are essentially not equivalent.
Kanji edit
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
Readings edit
Compounds edit
- 一匁 (ichimonme): 1 momme
- 百匁 (hyakumonme): 100 momme, 375 grams
Usage notes edit
Removed from the daily use Jōyō kanji by the Japanese government in 2010.[1]
Noun edit
- momme; unit of mass equal to 3.75 grams (one thousandth of a 貫 (kan))
- (archaic, Edo) Synonym of 銀目 (ginme), a coin worth 1⁄60 of the 小判 (koban) (1⁄60 両 (ryō))
- A counter used for coins.
Usage notes edit
Now used especially for weighing pearls.
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ The Japan Times (2009 October 21) “Get set for next year's overhaul of joyo kanji”, in www.kanjiclinic.com[1], archived from the original on 20 November 2021
Korean edit
Hanja edit
匁 • (mun) (hangeul 문, revised mun, McCune–Reischauer mun)
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