萺

萺 U+843A, 萺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-843A ← 萹 [U+8439] CJK Unified Ideographs 萻 → [U+843B]

Translingual

Han character

萺 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿日月山 (TABU), four-corner 4460₆, composition ⿱艹冒)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1043, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31359
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3247, character 6
• Unihan data for U+843A

Chinese

trad.		萺
simp. #		萺

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 萺
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
媢	*mɯɡs, *muːʔ, *muːɡs, *muːɡ
冃	*muːɡs
冒	*muːɡs, *mɯːɡ
帽	*muːɡs
瑁	*muːɡs, *mɯːɡs, *muːɡ
賵	*m̥ʰuŋs
艒	*mɯːɡ, *muːɡ, *muːɡ
萺	*muːɡ, *muɡ
勗	*hmoɡ
勖	*hmoɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mào (mao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mào
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mào
    • Wade–Giles: mao⁴
    • Yale: màu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maw
    • Palladius: мао (mao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mjuwk, mowk

Rime
Character	萺	萺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	東 (4)	冬 (6)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	莫六切	莫沃切
Baxter	mjuwk	mowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨuk̚/	/muok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/miuk̚/	/muok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/miuk̚/	/mok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muwk̚/	/mawk̚/
Li Rong	/miuk̚/	/mok̚/
Wang Li	/mĭuk̚/	/muok̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯uk̚/	/muok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mù	mù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	muk6	muk6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*muːɡ/, /*muɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	萺	萺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8928	8929
Phonetic component	冃	冃
Rime group	覺	覺
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	瑁	目
Old Chinese	/*muːɡ/	/*muɡ/

Definitions

萺

1. ^† a kind of grass
2. ^† the appearance of ground covered by grass