玫

玫 U+73AB, 玫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-73AB ← 玪 [U+73AA] CJK Unified Ideographs 玬 → [U+73AC]

Translingual

Han character

玫 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一土人大 (MGOK) or 難一土人大 (XMGOK), four-corner 1814₀, composition ⿰𤣩攵)

Derived characters

• 𡝺, 𭗓, 𡻶

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 728, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20874
• Dae Jaweon: page 1140, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1104, character 8
• Unihan data for U+73AB

Chinese

simp. and trad.		玫
alternative forms		玟 㺳 𭸷 珻

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (文) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
旻	*mrɯn
旼	*mrɯn
汶	*mrɯn, *mɯn, *mɯns
忞	*mrɯn
盿	*mrɯn
枚	*mɯːl
玫	*mɯːl
玟	*mɯːl
文	*mɯn
紋	*mɯn
蚊	*mɯn
雯	*mɯn
彣	*mɯn
馼	*mɯn
鳼	*mɯn
鼤	*mɯn, *mɯns
抆	*mɯnʔ, *mɯns
紊	*mɯns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mɯːl) : semantic 𤣩 (“jade”) + phonetic 文 (OC *mɯn)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méi (mei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mòi
• Jin (Wiktionary): mei¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): muòi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): mûi / bôe / môe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhuê⁵ / bhung⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶me

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méi
    • Wade–Giles: mei²
    • Yale: méi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei
    • Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mui⁴
    • Yale: mùih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mòi
    • Hakka Romanization System: moiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: moi²
    • Sinological IPA: /moi̯¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: mei¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /mei¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: muòi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mui⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi
    • Tâi-lô: muî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: muii
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /muĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /muĩ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bôe
    • Tâi-lô: buê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: môe
    • Tâi-lô: muê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moee
    • IPA (Tainan): /muẽ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhuê⁵ / bhung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buê / bûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bue⁵⁵/, /buŋ⁵⁵/

Note: bhung5 - vernacular (俗).

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶me
    • MiniDict: me^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³me
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /me²³/

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• Middle Chinese: mwoj

Rime
Character	玫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫杯切
Baxter	mwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/muoi/
Shao Rongfen	/muɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwəj/
Li Rong	/muᴀi/
Wang Li	/muɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	méi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mui4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	玫
Reading #	1/1
No.	13013
Phonetic component	文
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	枚
Old Chinese	/*mɯːl/
Notes	說文作玟

Definitions

玫

1. type of gemstone

   歷玫階而升隩，訪金壺之盈闕。 [MSC, trad.]
   历玫阶而升隩，访金壶之盈阙。 [MSC, simp.]

   From: 南朝·宋·鮑照《觀漏賦》

   Lì méijiē ér shēngyù, fǎng jīnhú zhī yíngquè. [Pinyin]

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. Used in 玫瑰 (méigui, “rose”).

Compounds

• 玫瑰
• 玫瑰戰爭／玫瑰战争
• 玫瑰柱
• 玫瑰樹／玫瑰树
• 玫瑰油
• 玫瑰灣／玫瑰湾 (Méiguīwān)
• 玫瑰精
• 玫瑰糠疹
• 玫瑰紅／玫瑰红 (méiguihóng)
• 玫瑰紫 (méiguizǐ)
• 玫瑰罋
• 玫瑰色 (méiguisè)
• 玫瑰花
• 玫瑰露
• 玫瑰露酒
• 玫瑰餅／玫瑰饼
• 白玫瑰
• 紅玫瑰／红玫瑰
• 迷你玫瑰
• 風玫瑰圖／风玫瑰图

 

Japanese

Kanji

玫

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: まい (mai)
• Kan-on: ばい (bai)

Korean

Hanja

玫 (eum 매 (mae))

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Vietnamese

Han character

玫: Hán Việt readings: mai, mân, môi (莫(mạc)桮(bôi)切(thiết))
玫: Nôm readings: môi

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