U+62C7, 拇
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62C7

[U+62C6]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+62C8]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 64, +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手田卜戈 (QWYI), four-corner 57050, composition )

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 424, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11944
  • Dae Jaweon: page 773, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1862, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+62C7

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.
alternative forms 𧿹

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *mɯʔ): semantic + phonetic (OC *mɯʔ).

Etymology edit

Sino-Tibetan; compare Proto-Loloish *C-ma³ (thumb) (Schuessler, 2007).

Possibly related to (OC *mɯʔ, “mother”); compare Proto-Loloish *C-ma³ (female suffix), *ʔəC-ma³ (mother), Zhuang mehfwngz (thumb), derived from meh (mother).

Pronunciation edit


Note:
  • bió/bó͘ - literary;
  • bó/bú - vernacular.
  • Wu

  • Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (4)
    Final () (137)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () I
    Fanqie
    Baxter muwX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /məuX/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /məuX/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /məuX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /məwX/
    Li
    Rong
    /muX/
    Wang
    Li
    /məuX/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /mə̯uX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    mǒu
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    mau5
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 9287
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*mɯʔ/

    Definitions edit

    1. (anatomy) thumb
    2. (anatomy) big toe

    Compounds edit

    Japanese edit

    Kanji edit

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

    1. thumb

    Readings edit

    Korean edit

    Hanja edit

    (eum (mu))

    1. thumb
    2. big toe

    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

    : Hán Nôm readings: mẫu

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