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U+51A5, 冥
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51A5

[U+51A4]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+51A6]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 14, +8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月日卜金 (BAYC), four-corner 37800, composition or 𠕾)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 130, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1588
  • Dae Jaweon: page 293, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 304, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+51A5
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 冥, Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) ...

Originally ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): (cloth cover) + (sun) + (two hands); hence, the upper part of the character is 𠕾. The was later corrupted to .

May also be a phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *meːŋ): phonetic (OC *meːɡ) + semantic + semantic (Shuowen Jiezi).

Etymology

An area word for "night"; Compare Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʰməŋH (night), Proto-Bahnaric *maŋ (night), Burmese မည်း (many:, dark; black) (Schuessler, 2007).

STEDT compares it to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *muːŋ ~ r/s-muːk (foggy; dark; sullen; menacing; thunder).

Pronunciation 1



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Definitions

  1. (literary) dark; dim; gloomy; faint
  2. (literary) ignorant; muddled
    頑不靈顽不灵   míngwánbùlíng   obstinate and ignorant
  3. deep; profound
    苦思   kǔsīmíngxiǎng   to think long and hard
  4. the underworld
       míng   the nether world
  5. (obsolete) night
  6. a surname
Compounds

Pronunciation 2


Definitions

  1. only used in 顛冥颠冥

Pronunciation 3


Definitions

  1. only used in 冥眴

References

  • ”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014
  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 159.
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Japanese

Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. dark
    Synonym:
  2. underworld; the world of dead people

Readings

  • Go-on: みょう (myō, Jōyō)みやう (myau, historical)
  • Kan-on: めい (mei, Jōyō)めい (mei, historical)
  • Kun: くらい (kurai, 冥い)

Compounds

dark
  • (みょう)(みょう) (myōmyō) ((みょう)(みょう))
  • (めい)(あん), (めい)(あん) (meian)
  • (めい)(かい) (meikai) ((めい)(かい))
  • (めい)(かい) (meikai)
  • (めい)(がん) (meigan)
  • (めい)() (meigu)
  • (めい)(けい) (meikei)
  • (めい)(こう) (meikō)
  • (めい)(ごう) (meigō)
  • (めい)(しょく) (meishoku) ((めい)(しょく))
  • (めい)(せい) (meisei)
  • (めい)(そう) (meisō) ((めい)(そう))
  • (めい)(そう) (meisō) ((めい)(そう))
  • (めい)(ばく), (めい)(ばく) (meibaku)
  • (めい)(ぼう), (めい)(ぼう) (meibō)
  • (めい)(まい) (meimai)
  • (めい)(めい) (meimei) ((めい)(めい))
  • (めい)(もう), (めい)(もう) (meimō)
  • (めい)(もく) (meimoku)
  • (あん)(めい) (anmei)
  • (かい)(めい) (kaimei) ((かい)(めい))
  • (くう)(めい) (kūmei)
  • (げん)(めい) (genmei)
  • (こう)(めい) (kōmei)
  • (こん)(めい) (konmei) ((こん)(めい))
  • ()(めい) (shimei)
  • (すい)(めい) (suimei)
  • 西(せい)(めい) (seimei) (西(せい)(めい))
  • (とう)(めい) (tōmei)
  • (なん)(めい) (nanmei) ((なん)(めい))
  • (ほく)(めい) (hokumei) ((ほく)(めい))
  • (ゆう)(めい) (yūmei)
  • (よう)(めい) (yōmei)
  • (よう)(めい) (yōmei)
  • (よう)(めい) (yōmei)
world of dead people
other meaning
  • (みょう)(おう) (myōō)
  • (みょう)(おん) (myōon)
  • (みょう)() (myōga)
  • (みょう)(かん) (myōkan)
  • (みょう)(かん) (myōkan)
  • (みょう)(かん) (myōkan)
  • (みょう)() (myōgo)
  • (みょう)(じょ) (myōjo)
  • (みょう)() (myōri)
  • (みょう)(りょ) (myōryo)
  • (めい)(おう) (meiō)
  • (めい)(かん) (meikan)
  • (めい)(ゆう), (めい)(ゆう) (meiyū)
  • (めい)(りょ) (meiryo)
  • (せい)(めい) (seimei)
  • (そう)(めい) (sōmei)
  • (ちん)(めい) (chinmei)

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 어두울 (eoduul myeong))

  1. hanja form? of (dark, gloomy, night)
  2. hanja form? of (deep)

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: minh, mênh, mưng

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