雺

雺 U+96FA, 雺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96FA ← 雹 [U+96F9] CJK Unified Ideographs 電 → [U+96FB]

Translingual

Han character

雺 (radical 173, 雨+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一月弓戈竹 (MBNIH), four-corner 1022₇, composition ⿱雨矛)

References

• KangXi: page 1373, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42250
• Dae Jaweon: page 1882, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4061, character 10
• Unihan data for U+96FA

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		雺

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
堥	*muː, *mu
蓩	*muːʔ, *moːɡ
猱	*ml'uː, *mljiwʔ, *ml'us
茅	*mruː
罞	*mruː, *muːŋ
蝥	*mruː, *mu, *mo, *moɡs
鶜	*mruː
瞀	*moːɡs, *mroːɡ
愗	*moːɡs
袤	*mus
雺	*mus, *mu, *muːŋ, *muːŋs
懋	*mus
楙	*mus
矛	*mu
蟊	*mu
髳	*mu, *muːŋ
鍪	*mu
鞪	*mu, *moːɡ
糅	*ml'us
腬	*ml'us, *mlju
柔	*mlju
揉	*mju
蹂	*mju, *mjuʔ, *mjus
鍒	*mju
騥	*mju
蝚	*mju
葇	*mju, *mjuʔ
鞣	*mju, *mjus
鰇	*mju
瑈	*mju
鶔	*mju
楺	*mjuʔ
煣	*mjuʔ, *mjus
輮	*mjuʔ, *mjus
韖	*mjuʔ
敄	*moʔ, *mos
務	*moɡs
鶩	*moɡs, *moːɡ
騖	*moɡs
婺	*moɡs
霚	*moɡs, *moːŋ
嵍	*moɡs
霧	*moɡs, *moːŋ
霿	*moːŋ, *moːŋs
楘	*moːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mus, *mu, *muːŋ, *muːŋs): semantic 雨 (“rain”) + phonetic 矛 (OC *mu).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 雺 – see 霧 (“fog; mist; vapour; fine spray; etc.”). (This character, 雺, is a variant form of 霧.)

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		雺
alternative forms		濛 Min Nan “fog” 茫 Min Nan “fog” 矇 Min Nan “fog” 蒙 Min Nan “fog” 𩄻 Min Dong “fog”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méng (meng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mung⁴
• Min Dong (BUC): muò
• Min Nan (POJ): bô͘ / bông / mô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: méng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ
    • Wade–Giles: mêng2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meng
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mung⁴
    • Yale: mùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊŋ²¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: muò
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muo⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô͘
    • Tâi-lô: bôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Lukang, Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bông
    • Tâi-lô: bông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /bɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Tainan, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘
    • Tâi-lô: môo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moo

Note: Xiamen bông - in 雺霧.

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• Middle Chinese: /muŋ/, /mɨu/, /muoŋ^H/, /məu^H/

Rime
Character	雺	雺	雺	雺
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	尤 (136)	冬 (5)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III	I	I
Fanqie	莫紅切	莫浮切	莫綜切	莫候切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muŋ/	/mɨu/	/muoŋH/	/məuH/
Pan Wuyun	/muŋ/	/miu/	/muoŋH/	/məuH/
Shao Rongfen	/muŋ/	/miəu/	/moŋH/	/məuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məwŋ/	/muw/	/mawŋH/	/məwH/
Li Rong	/muŋ/	/miu/	/moŋH/	/muH/
Wang Li	/muŋ/	/mĭəu/	/muoŋH/	/məuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/muŋ/	/mi̯ə̯u/	/muoŋH/	/mə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	méng	móu	mèng	mòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mung4	mau4	mung6	mau6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mus/, /*mu/, /*muːŋ/, /*muːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	雺	雺	雺	雺
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
No.	8811	8816	8859	8865
Phonetic component	矛	矛	矛	矛
Rime group	幽	幽	終	終
Rime subdivision	1	1	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	茂	謀	蒙	雺
Old Chinese	/*mus/	/*mu/	/*muːŋ/	/*muːŋs/
Notes	見爾雅	見爾雅	見爾雅	見爾雅

Definitions

雺

1. Alternative form of 霿 (méng, “dusky”).
2. (Min Dong, Min Nan) fog

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 霧 (“fog”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		霧, 霧氣, 霧靄
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		霧, 霧氣
Mandarin	Beijing	霧
	Taiwan	霧
	Harbin	霧
	Muping	霧, 霧露
	Jinan	霧
	Luoyang	霧
	Wanrong	霧
	Xi'an	霧, 霧氣
	Yinchuan	霧
	Lanzhou	霧, 霧氣
	Xining	霧, 霧氣
	Ürümqi	霧
	Wuhan	霧
	Chengdu	霧, 霧罩, 霧氣
	Guiyang	霧罩, 雲霧
	Guilin	霧
	Liuzhou	霧, 霧水
	Xuzhou	霧
	Yangzhou	霧
	Nanjing	霧
	Hefei	霧
Cantonese	Guangzhou	霧
	Hong Kong	霧
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	霧
	Macau	霧
	Panyu	霧
	Huadu (Huashan)	霧
	Conghua	霧
	Zengcheng	霧, 大頭霧
	Foshan	霧
	Nanhai (Shatou)	霧
	Shunde	霧
	Sanshui	霧
	Gaoming (Mingcheng)	霧
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	霧
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	霧
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	霧
	Doumen	霧
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	霧
	Xinhui	霧
	Taishan	霧
	Kaiping (Chikan)	霧
	Enping (Niujiang)	霧
	Heshan (Yayao)	霧
	Dongguan	霧, 霧水
	Bao'an (Shajing)	霞霧
	Yangjiang	霧
	Danzhou	霧露
Gan	Nanchang	霧
	Lichuan	濛, 霧
	Pingxiang	霧露, 霧
Hakka	Meixian	霧, 濛沙
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	霧
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	濛霞
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	濛露
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	霧
	Conghua (Lütian)	露
	Yudu	霧露
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	濛沙煙
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	濛沙煙
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	濛煙
	Dongshi (Dabu)	濛沙煙, 濛煙
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	濛沙煙, 濛煙
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	濛
Huizhou	Jixi	霧
Jin	Taiyuan	霧
	Xinzhou	霧
Min Bei	Jian'ou	露
Min Dong	Fuzhou	雺
Min Nan	Xiamen	霧, 雺
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	雺霧
	Kaohsiung	霧
	Yilan	霧
	Changhua (Lukang)	霧
	Taichung	霧, 雺
	Tainan	霧
	Hsinchu	霧
	Kinmen	霧
	Penghu (Magong)	霧
	Manila (Hokkien)	霧
	Chaozhou	霧
	Leizhou	霧
	Wenchang	霧
	Haikou	霧
Min Zhong	Yanping (Wangtai)	霧
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	霧
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	罩子
Wu	Shanghai	霧, 霧露, 迷霧
	Chongming	迷露
	Suzhou	迷露
	Danyang	霧
	Hangzhou	霧露
	Ningbo	霧露
	Wenzhou	幔, 幔露
	Jinhua	霧
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	霧露
Xiang	Changsha	霧, 罩子, 罩
	Shuangfeng	霧, 霧罩, 霧罩子
	Loudi	霧, 罩子 thick

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Japanese

Kanji

雺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): む (mu)
• Kun: きり (kiri)

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Korean

Hanja

雺 • (mong) (hangeul 몽, revised mong, McCune–Reischauer mong, Yale mong)

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