湄

湄 U+6E44, 湄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E44 ← 湃 [U+6E43] CJK Unified Ideographs 湅 → [U+6E45]

Translingual

Han character

湄 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水日竹山 (EAHU), four-corner 3716₇, composition ⿰氵眉)

1. water's edge, shore, bank

Derived characters

• 𩅹, 𪾛

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 636, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17809
• Dae Jaweon: page 1043, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1690, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6E44

Chinese

simp. and trad.		湄
2nd round simp.		𠃜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méi (mei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mi⁵ / bhai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méi
    • Wade–Giles: mei²
    • Yale: méi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei
    • Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mei⁴
    • Yale: mèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî
    • Tâi-lô: bî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mi⁵ / bhai⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mî / bâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵⁵/, /bai⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: mij

Rime
Character	湄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	武悲切
Baxter	mij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚi/
Shao Rongfen	/miɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mji/
Li Rong	/mji/
Wang Li	/mi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mril/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	湄
Reading #	1/1
No.	8941
Phonetic component	眉
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	眉
Old Chinese	/*mril/

Definitions

湄

1. (literary) bank; shore

   • 所謂伊人，在水之湄。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     所谓伊人，在水之湄。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Suǒwèi yīrén, zài shuǐ zhī méi. [Pinyin]

     The man of whom I think,
     Is on the margin of the water.

Japanese

Kanji

湄

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): び (bi)、み (mi)、だん (dan)、なん (nan)
• Kun: みずぎわ (mizugiwa)

Korean

Hanja

湄 (eum 미 (mi))

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Tày

Verb

湄 (mừa)

1. Nôm form of mừa (“to come back, to die”).

Vietnamese

Han character

湄: Hán Nôm readings: mưa

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