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抹

抹 U+62B9, 抹
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62B9
← 抸
[U+62B8] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 抺 →
[U+62BA]

Translingual

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Han character

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抹 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手木十 (QDJ), four-corner 55090, composition ⿰扌末)

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 424, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11926
  • Dae Jaweon: page 771, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1847, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+62B9

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
 抹

Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (末) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
眛 *maːds, *mɯːds
沬 *maːds, *hmɯːds, *mɯds
佅 *mraːds
韎 *mreːds, *maːd
帓 *mraːd
粖 *meːd, *maːd
末 *maːd
昩 *maːd
秣 *maːd
靺 *maːd
眜 *maːd
抹 *maːd
妺 *maːd
怽 *maːd
沫 *maːd
袜 *maːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *maːd) : semantic 扌 + phonetic 末 (OC *maːd).

Pronunciation 1

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Note:
  • boah - colloquial (“to smear; to remove”).
Rime
Character 抹
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 末 (64)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 莫撥切
Baxter mat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/muɑt̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mʷɑt̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/muɑt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/mwat̚/
Li
Rong 		/muɑt̚/
Wang
Li 		/muɑt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/muɑt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mò
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mut6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 抹
Reading # 1/1
No. 9230
Phonetic
component 		末
Rime
group 		月
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		末
Old
Chinese 		/*maːd/
Notes 說文作瀎

Definitions

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抹

  1. to smear, to apply
    抹藥／抹药 [Teochew]  ―  bhuah4 ioh8 [Peng'im]  ―  to apply medication
  2. to wipe
  3. to erase; to remove
  4. (literary) to play (dominos)
  5. (literary) to cut
  6. (literary) to twirl
  7. (literary) to look; to aim; to glance
  8. Classifier for rays of sunlight, rosy clouds, etc..
    一抹斜陽／一抹斜阳  ―  yī mǒ xiéyáng  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
See also
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  • (to smear, to apply): 搽 (chá)

Compounds

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Pronunciation 2

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Rime
Character 抹
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 末 (64)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 莫撥切
Baxter mat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/muɑt̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mʷɑt̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/muɑt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/mwat̚/
Li
Rong 		/muɑt̚/
Wang
Li 		/muɑt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/muɑt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mò
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mut6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 抹
Reading # 1/1
No. 9230
Phonetic
component 		末
Rime
group 		月
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		末
Old
Chinese 		/*maːd/
Notes 說文作瀎

Definitions

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抹

  1. to smear (using cement or lime)
  2. to keep close to and turn around
  3. (literary) to touch
  4. (literary) to bend; to lower

Compounds

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Pronunciation 3

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Definitions

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抹

  1. (colloquial) to wipe
    抹桌子  ―  mā zhuōzǐ  ―  to wipe a table clean
    抹屎窟 [Cantonese]  ―  maat3 si2 fat1 [Jyutping]  ―  to wipe one's bottom
  2. (colloquial) to press (something) and move one's hand downwards
  3. (colloquial) to dismiss (someone from their position)
Synonyms
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Dialectal synonyms of 擦 (“to wipe”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 擦
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 擦, 抹
Taiwan 擦, 抹
Malaysia 擦
Singapore 擦, 抹
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 擦, 搌
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 揩, 抹, 擦
Wuhan 之, 揩, 抹, 搌
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 擦, 揩, 抹
Hefei 擦, 揩, 抹
Cantonese Guangzhou 擦, 抹, 捽
Hong Kong 擦, 抹, 捽
Yangjiang 抹, 拭, 擦
Yangjiang (Yangdong) 拭
Yangdong (Yashao) 抹, 拭, 擦
Yangchun 抹, 擦
Yangxi 抹, 拭, 擦
Penang (Guangfu) 擦
Singapore (Guangfu) 擦
Gan Nanchang 揩, 抹, 擦
Hakka Meixian 捽
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 捽
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 捽
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 捽
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 捽
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 捽
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 捽
Kuching (Hepo) 捽
Jin Taiyuan 揩, 擦
Northern Min Jian'ou 拭
Eastern Min Fuzhou 拭, 挸
Southern Min Xiamen 拭, 揉
Quanzhou 拭, 揉
Zhangzhou 拭, 揉
Tainan 拭, 揉
Penang (Hokkien) 拭, 揉
Singapore (Hokkien) 拭
Manila (Hokkien) 拭
Chaozhou 拭, 㧫, 抙
Raoping 拭, 㧫
Shantou 㧫
Shantou (Chenghai) 㧫
Jieyang 拭, 㧫, 抙
Singapore (Teochew) 拭, 㧫
Wu Shanghai 揩
Suzhou 揩
Wenzhou 擦, 𢄺
Xiang Changsha 湊, 抹, 揩
Shuangfeng 揩, 抹

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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抹

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. grind
  2. rub
  3. crush
  4. erase

Readings

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  • Go-on: まつ (matsu, Jōyō)、まち (machi)
  • Kan-on: ばつ (batsu)
  • Tō-on: も (mo)
  • Kun: する (suru, 抹る)

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Hanja

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抹 • (mal) (hangeul 말, revised mal, McCune–Reischauer mal, Yale mal)

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Han character

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抹: Hán Nôm readings: mạt, mõi

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