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舞

舞 U+821E, 舞
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-821E
← 舝
[U+821D] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 舟 →
[U+821F]

Translingual

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Han character

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舞 (Kangxi radical 136, 舛+8, 14 strokes in Chinese, 15 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 人廿弓戈手 (OTNIQ), four-corner 80251, composition ⿱⿳𠂉卌一舛)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1008, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30342
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1465, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 865, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+821E

Chinese

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trad. 舞
simp. # 舞
2nd round simp. 午
alternative forms
儛
𦐀
𦏶
𮎁
𣄳
儛
𦐀
𦏶
𮎁
𣄳
𦨅
 

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 舞
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
       
Characters in the same phonetic series (無) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
墲 *m̥ʰaː, *maː, *ma
橅 *maː
膴 *hmaː, *ma, *maʔ
幠 *hmaː
鄦 *hmaʔ
撫 *m̥ʰaʔ
無 *ma
瞴 *ma, *maʔ
蕪 *ma
璑 *ma
鷡 *ma
譕 *ma
憮 *ma, *maʔ
舞 *maʔ
廡 *maʔ
嫵 *maʔ
甒 *maʔ
潕 *maʔ
儛 *maʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *maʔ) : phonetic 無 (OC *ma) + semantic 舛 (“steps”). A specific character for the dance sense of 無／无. See 無／无 for more.

Etymology

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Perhaps related to Tibetan བྲོ (bro, “dance (noun)”), or related to 巫 (OC *ma, “shaman”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • mou5-2 - “to mess with; to fiddle with”.
Note:
  • mú - “to mess with; to fiddle with”.
Note:
  • bhu2 - literary;
  • mong6/mou6 - vernacular (dialectal).
Rime
Character 舞
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 虞 (24)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 文甫切
Baxter mjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mɨoX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mioX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/mioX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/muə̆X/
Li
Rong 		/mioX/
Wang
Li 		/mĭuX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/mi̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		wǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mou5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 舞
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		wǔ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mjuX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*k.m(r)aʔ/
English dance (v.)

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 舞
Reading # 1/1
No. 13126
Phonetic
component 		無
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		武
Old
Chinese 		/*maʔ/

Definitions

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舞

  1. to dance (move rhythmically)
    載歌載舞／载歌载舞  ―  zàigēzàiwǔ  ―  to sing and dance; festive celebrations
  2. dance (performance art); dancing (Classifier: 個／个 m; 支 m)
    芭蕾舞  ―  bālěiwǔ  ―  ballet
    中國舞／中国舞  ―  Zhōngguó wǔ  ―  Chinese dance
    跳一個舞／跳一个舞  ―  tiào yīge wǔ  ―  to perform a dance
  3. to dance with something in one's hands
    舞獅／舞狮  ―  wǔshī  ―  to perform a lion dance
    舞火龍／舞火龙  ―  wǔ huǒlóng  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. to wield; to brandish; to shake
    舞劍／舞剑  ―  wǔ jiàn  ―  to brandish a sword
  5. (literary or in compounds) to fly; to flutter
    眉飛色舞／眉飞色舞  ―  méifēisèwǔ  ―  to beam with joy
  6. (literary or in compounds) to play with
    舞弊  ―  wǔbì  ―  to engage in fraudulent practices
    舞文弄墨  ―  wǔwénnòngmò  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  7. (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien) to mess with; to play with; to tease
    啲新仔畀同事舞到陀陀擰。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    啲新仔畀同事舞到陀陀拧。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    di1 san1 zai2 bei2 tung4 si6 mou5-2 dou3 to4 to4-2 ning6. [Jyutping]
    The colleagues messed with the newbies big time.
  8. (Cantonese, Hokkien) to fiddle with; to be busy with; to handle; to operate
    我舞咗半日都舞唔掂部麵包機。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    我舞咗半日都舞唔掂部面包机。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ngo5 mou5-2 zo2 bun3 jat6 dou1 mou5-2 m4 dim6 bou6 min6 baau1 gei1. [Jyutping]
    I've worked on this for half a day, but I still haven't figured out how this bread machine works.
  9. a surname: Wu

Synonyms

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  • (to dance):
  • (dance): 舞蹈 (wǔdǎo)
  • (to wield):
  • (to flutter):
  • (to fly):
  • (to play with):

Compounds

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Descendants

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  • → Vietnamese: múa

Japanese

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Shinjitai 舞  
Kyūjitai
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舞󠄂
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Kanji

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舞

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. dance
  2. flit
  3. circle
  4. wheel

Readings

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Compounds

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Noun

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舞(まい) • (mai) ←まひ (mafi)?

  1. a type of traditional Japanese dance consisting of simple and quiet movements

See also

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Proper noun

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舞(まい) • (Mai) 

  1. a female given name

References

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  1. ^ “舞”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

Korean

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Hanja

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舞 (eumhun 춤출 무 (chumchul mu))

  1. hanja form? of 무 (“dance, posture, prance”)
  2. hanja form? of 무 (“brandish”)

Vietnamese

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Han character

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舞: Hán Nôm readings: vũ, vụ, vỗ, thủy/thuỷ

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