罠

See also: 𦊞 and 网民

罠 U+7F60, 罠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7F60 ← 罟 [U+7F5F] CJK Unified Ideographs 罡 → [U+7F61]

Translingual

Han character

罠 (Kangxi radical 122, 网+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 田中口女心 (WLRVP), four-corner 6074₇, composition ⿱罒民)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 947, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28249
• Dae Jaweon: page 1388, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2916, character 15
• Unihan data for U+7F60

Chinese

simp. and trad.		罠
alternative forms		䋋／𱺘 𦊞

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
眠	*miːn
民	*min
泯	*min, *minʔ
怋	*min, *mɯːn
岷	*mrin
珉	*mrin
罠	*mrin
笢	*mrin, *minʔ
鈱	*mrin
抿	*mrɯn, *mrɯn, *mrɯnʔ
刡	*minʔ
敃	*mrinʔ
愍	*mrinʔ
暋	*mrinʔ
蟁	*mɯn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mrin): semantic 罒 (“net”) + phonetic 民 (OC *min).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mín (min²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mín
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mín
    • Wade–Giles: min²
    • Yale: mín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: min
    • Palladius: минь (minʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /min³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: man⁴
    • Yale: màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: min

Rime
Character	罠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	眞 (44)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	武巾切
Baxter	min
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚin/
Shao Rongfen	/mien/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mjin/
Li Rong	/mjĕn/
Wang Li	/mǐĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	man4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mrin/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	罠
Reading #	1/1
No.	9135
Phonetic component	民
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	珉
Old Chinese	/*mrin/

Definitions

罠

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) animal trap; snare
2. (historical dictionaries only) alternative form of 緡 / 缗 (mín, “fishing line”)