靺鞨

Chinese

		name of a tribe; socks; stockings	buskin; name of a tribe; turban
trad. (靺鞨)		靺	鞨
simp. #(靺鞨)		靺	鞨

Alternative forms

• 勿吉

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mòhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mut⁶ hot³ / mut⁶ hot⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mòhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mòhé
    • Wade–Giles: Mo⁴-ho²
    • Yale: Mwò-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mohher
    • Palladius: Мохэ (Moxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mut⁶ hot³ / mut⁶ hot⁶
    • Yale: muht hot / muht hoht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mut⁹ hot⁸ / mut⁹ hot⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mud⁶ hod³ / mud⁶ hod⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːt̚² hɔːt̚³/, /muːt̚² hɔːt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: mat hat

Rime
Character	靺	鞨
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	末 (64)	曷 (63)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	莫撥切	胡葛切
Baxter	mat	hat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muɑt̚/	/ɦɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷɑt̚/	/ɦɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑt̚/	/ɣɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwat̚/	/ɦat̚/
Li Rong	/muɑt̚/	/ɣɑt̚/
Wang Li	/muɑt̚/	/ɣɑt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑt̚/	/ɣɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mò	hé
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mut6	hot6

Proper noun

靺鞨

1. Mohe, an ancient ethnic group in China

Japanese

Kanji in this term
靺	鞨
まつ > まっ Hyōgai	かつ Hyōgai
on'yomi

Proper noun

靺(まっ)鞨(かつ) • (Makkatsu) 

1. Mohe, an ancient ethnic group in China

Korean

Hanja in this term
靺	鞨

Proper noun

靺鞨 • (Malgal) (hangeul 말갈)

1. hanja form^? of 말갈 (“Mohe, an ancient ethnic group in China”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
靺	鞨

Proper noun

靺鞨

1. chữ Hán form of Mạt Hạt (“Mohe, an ancient ethnic group in China”).