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物

物 U+7269, 物
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7269
← 牨
[U+7268] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 牪 →
[U+726A]

TranslingualEdit

Stroke order
 
Stroke order
 

Han characterEdit

物 (Kangxi radical 93, 牛+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹手心竹竹 (HQPHH), four-corner 27520, composition ⿰牜勿)

Derived charactersEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: page 699, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19959
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1111, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1805, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+7269

ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.
 物

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 物
Shang Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
       
Characters in the same phonetic series (勿) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
脗 *minʔ
吻 *mɯnʔ
刎 *mɯnʔ
伆 *mɯnʔ, *mɯd
勽 *buːs, *mɯnʔ
沕 *mrɯd, *mɯd
忽 *hmɯːd
昒 *hmɯːd, *mɯd
惚 *hmɯːd
匫 *hmɯːd
笏 *hmɯːd
曶 *hmɯːd
淴 *ʔmɯːd
物 *mɯd
勿 *mɯd
芴 *mɯd
岉 *mɯd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mɯd): semantic 牛 + phonetic 勿 (OC *mɯd).

EtymologyEdit

Compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(m/b)rəw (“grain; seed; lineage”) (STEDT), whence Tibetan འབྲུ ('bru, “seed; grain”), Jingpho amyu (ə myú, “kind; sort”), Burmese မျိုး (myui:, “seed”).

PronunciationEdit

Note:
  • mi̍h/mn̍gh - vernacular (“thing”);
  • mih - vernacular (limited, used in 物仔, 物代, 啥物, etc.);
  • bu̍t - literary.
  • Wu
    • Note:
    • 5veq - literary;
    • 5meq - vernacular, used in 物事.
  • Xiang
    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location 物
    Mandarin Beijing /u⁵¹/
    Harbin /u⁵³/
    Tianjin /u⁵³/
    Jinan /u²¹/
    Qingdao /vu⁴²/
    Zhengzhou /u²⁴/
    Xi'an /vo²¹/
    Xining /v̩⁴⁴/
    Yinchuan /vu¹³/
    Lanzhou /və¹³/
    Ürümqi /vu²¹³/
    Wuhan /u²¹³/
    Chengdu /u³¹/
    Guiyang /u²¹/
    Kunming /u³¹/
    Nanjing /uʔ⁵/
    Hefei /uəʔ⁵/
    Jin Taiyuan /vəʔ²/
    Pingyao /uʌʔ⁵³/
    Hohhot /vəʔ⁴³/
    Wu Shanghai /vəʔ¹/
    /məʔ¹/
    Suzhou /vəʔ³/
    /məʔ³/
    Hangzhou /vəʔ²/
    Wenzhou /vai²¹³/
    Hui Shexian /me²²/
    Tunxi /mə¹¹/
    /uə¹¹/
    Xiang Changsha /u²⁴/
    Xiangtan /u²⁴/
    Gan Nanchang /uɨʔ⁵/
    Hakka Meixian /vut̚⁵/
    Taoyuan /vut̚⁵⁵/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /mɐt̚²/
    Nanning /mɐt̚²²/
    Hong Kong /mɐt̚²/
    Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /but̚⁵/
    /miʔ⁵/
    Fuzhou (Min Dong) /uʔ⁵/
    Jian'ou (Min Bei) /u²⁴/
    /o²⁴/ 新
    Shantou (Min Nan) /mueʔ⁵/
    Haikou (Min Nan) /vut̚³/
    /mi³³/
    Rime
    Character 物
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 明 (4)
    Final (韻) 文 (60)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 文弗切
    Baxter mjut
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/mɨut̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/miut̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/miuət̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/mut̚/
    Li
    Rong         		/miuət̚/
    Wang
    Li         		/mĭuət̚/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/mi̯uət̚/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		wù
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		mat6
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 物
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		wù
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ mjut ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*C.mut/
    English thing

    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 物
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 13218
    Phonetic
    component         		勿
    Rime
    group         		物
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		物
    Old
    Chinese         		/*mɯd/

    DefinitionsEdit

    物

    1. thing, matter
      物體／物体  ―  wùtǐ  ―  object
      動物／动物  ―  dòngwù  ―  animal [lit. moving thing]
    2. all of the outside world, excluding oneself
    3. substance, content
    4. Short for 物理 (wùlǐ, “physics”).
    5. to choose, to select
    6. to seek, to look for
      物色  ―  wùsè  ―  to seek out, to scout out
    7. (Teochew) to do
      家己物 [Teochew]  ―  ga1 gi7 muêh8 [Peng'im]  ―  do it by oneself
    8. † Alternative form of 勿 (wù).
    9. (Min Nan) Alternative form of 乜 (miē, “what”).

    SynonymsEdit

    • (to do):

    CompoundsEdit

    Derived terms from 物

    JapaneseEdit

    KanjiEdit

    物

    (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    ReadingsEdit

    CompoundsEdit

    Compounds

    Etymology 1Edit

    Kanji in this term
    物
    もの
    Grade: 3
    kun’yomi

    ⟨mo2no2⟩ → ⟨mono2⟩ → /mono/

    From Old Japanese. Attested in the Kojiki. Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *mənə.

    Alternative formsEdit

    PronunciationEdit

    NounEdit

    物(もの) • (mono) 

    1. thing (concrete, tangible)
      Synonym: (slang) 物 (butsu)
      1. (law) a corporeal object
        • Japanese Civil Code, Article 85
          この法(ほう)律(りつ)において「物(もの)」とは、有(ゆう)体(たい)物(ぶつ)をいう。
          Kono hōritsu ni oite “mono” to wa, yūtaibutsu o iu.
          The term "Things" as used in this Code shall mean tangible thing.
    See alsoEdit
    • 事 (koto, “thing”, abstract, intangible)

    SuffixEdit

    物(もの) • (-mono) 

    1. story, genre (type of story)
      密室(みっしつ)モノ
      misshitsu-mono
      locked room story
      探(たん)偵(てい)もののドラマ
      tantei-mono no dorama
      detective drama
      冒(ぼう)険(けん)ものです。
      Bōken-mono desu.
      It is an adventure story.

    PrefixEdit

    物(もの) • (mono-) 

    1. (non-productive, with adjectives) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    Derived termsEdit

    Etymology 2Edit

    /mono/ → /mon/

    Shift from mono above.

    PronunciationEdit

    NounEdit

    物(もん) • (mon) 

    1. (informal) Alternative form of 物 (mono, “thing”)

    Etymology 3Edit

    Kanji in this term
    物
    ぶつ
    Grade: 3
    on’yomi

    From Middle Chinese 物 (MC mɨut̚).

    PronunciationEdit

    NounEdit

    物(ぶつ) • (butsu) ←ぶつ (butu)?

    1. (slang) thing
      Synonym: 物 (mono)

    AffixEdit

    物(ぶつ) • (butsu) ←ぶつ (butu)?

    1. thing

    ReferencesEdit

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

    KoreanEdit

    EtymologyEdit

    From Middle Chinese 物 (MC mɨut̚).

    Historical Readings
    Dongguk Jeongun Reading
    Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 무ᇙ〮 (Yale: mwúlq)
    Middle Korean
    Text Eumhun
    Gloss (hun) Reading
    Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[1] 갓 (Yale: kàs) 믈〮 (Yale: múl)

    PronunciationEdit

    HanjaEdit

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    物 (eumhun 물건(物件) 물 (mulgeon mul))

    1. Hanja form? of 물 (“thing; stuff”).

    CompoundsEdit

    Compounds

    ReferencesEdit

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

    KunigamiEdit

    KanjiEdit

    物

    PronunciationEdit

    NounEdit

    物 (hiragana むぬー, rōmaji munū)

    1. thing

    MiyakoEdit

    KanjiEdit

    物

    PronunciationEdit

    NounEdit

    物 (hiragana むぬ, rōmaji munu)

    1. thing

    OkinawanEdit

    KanjiEdit

    物

    (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    ReadingsEdit

    CompoundsEdit

    PronunciationEdit

    NounEdit

    物(むぬ) or 物(むん) (munu or mun) 

    1. thing

    VietnameseEdit

    Han characterEdit

    物: Hán Việt readings: vật
    物: Nôm readings: vật

    1. chữ Hán form of vật (“item; object; thing”).

    YaeyamaEdit

    KanjiEdit

    物

    PronunciationEdit

    NounEdit

    物 (hiragana むぬ, rōmaji munu)

    1. thing

    YonaguniEdit

    KanjiEdit

    物

    PronunciationEdit

    NounEdit

    物 (hiragana むぬ, rōmaji munu)

    1. thing
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