嵍

嵍 U+5D4D, 嵍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5D4D ← 嵌 [U+5D4C] CJK Unified Ideographs 嵎 → [U+5D4E]

Translingual

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *moɡs): phonetic 敄 (OC *moʔ, *mos) + semantic 山 (“mountain”).

Han character

嵍 (radical 46, 山+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 弓大山 (NKU), composition ⿱敄山)

References

• KangXi: page 316, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8280
• Dae Jaweon: page 616, character 39
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 789, character 18
• Unihan data for U+5D4D

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		嵍

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wù (wu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˋ
    • Wade–Giles: wu4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁶
    • Yale: mouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /mɨo^H/

Rime
Character	嵍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	亡遇切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/mioH/
Shao Rongfen	/mioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆H/
Li Rong	/mioH/
Wang Li	/mĭuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wù

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*moɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嵍
Reading #	1/1
No.	8855
Phonetic component	矛
Rime group	竇
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	務
Old Chinese	/*moɡs/

Definitions

嵍

1. ^‡ Name of a mountain.
2. Used in 巏嵍 (“name of a mountain in Longyao County, Xingtai, Hebei province”).

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máo (mao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: máo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ
    • Wade–Giles: mao2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵/

Definitions

嵍

1. ^‡ of the mountain, having a high front and a low back

   alt. forms: 旄, 務

References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 100