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沫

沫 U+6CAB, 沫
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6CAB
← 沪
[U+6CAA] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 沬 →
[U+6CAC]
See also: 沬

Translingual

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Han character

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沫 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水木十 (EDJ), four-corner 35190, composition ⿰氵末)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 612, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17235
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1006, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1578, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+6CAB

Chinese

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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

Etymology 1

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simp. and trad.
 沫

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Etymology is from the combination of water (left radical) and end (末). Ie the last form of water is foam as it crashes on the ocean's beach.

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • boa̍h - vernacular;
  • boa̍t - literary.
Note:
  • bhuah8 - vernacular;
  • muag8/muêg8 - literary.
    Rime
    Character 沫
    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
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 沫
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		mò
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ mat ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*mˁat/
    English foam, spittle

    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 沫
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 9233
    Phonetic
    component         		末
    Rime
    group         		月
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		末
    Old
    Chinese         		/*maːd/

    Definitions

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    沫

    1. froth; foam; bubbles; suds
    2. saliva
    3. (literary) to stop

    Compounds

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    Etymology 2

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    simp. and trad.
    		 沫
    alternative forms 垡
    粕
    渤
    𨑾

    Probably from a Mon-Khmer substrate; compare Vietnamese bọt (“foam; froth”) (Norman and Mei, 1976). Also compare Mizo phûl (“scum; froth; foam”) (Schuessler, 2007).

    Pronunciation

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    Definitions

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    沫

    1. (Min) scum; froth

    Compounds

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    Etymology 3

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    		 沫

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    Definitions

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    沫

    1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) full to the brim (of liquid in a container)

    Japanese

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    Kanji

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    沫

    (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

    1. splash
    2. suds

    Readings

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    Etymology

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    Kanji in this term
    沫
    あわ
    Jinmeiyō
    kun’yomi
    For pronunciation and definitions of 沫 – see the following entry.
    【泡あわ】S
    [noun] bubble
    [noun] foam, head on carbonated beverages such as beer
    (This term, 沫, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

    Korean

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    Etymology

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    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

    Pronunciation

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    Hanja

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    Wikisource

    沫 (eum 말 (mal))

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    Compounds

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    Vietnamese

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    Han character

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    沫: Hán Nôm readings: mượt, mát, mạt, mướt

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