茆

See also: 茅

茆 U+8306, 茆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8306 ← 茅 [U+8305] CJK Unified Ideographs 茇 → [U+8307]

Translingual

Han character

茆 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹竹中 (THHL), four-corner 4472₇, composition ⿱艹卯)

1. species of grass, water mallows

Derived characters

• 𬪋

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1026, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30838
• Dae Jaweon: page 1486, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3195, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8306

Chinese

trad.		茆
simp. #		茆
alternative forms		𦯆 𦯄 𦮉

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
卯	*mruːʔ
昴	*mruːʔ
泖	*mruːʔ
茆	*mruːʔ, *m·ruʔ
奅	*m̥ʰruːs
窌	*m̥ʰruːs, *m·ruː, *m·rus
聊	*m·rɯːw
貿	*mlus
鄮	*mlus
劉	*m·ru
留	*m·ru, *m·rus
蒥	*m·ru
鶹	*m·ru
騮	*m·ru
榴	*m·ru
瑠	*ru
瘤	*m·ru, *m·rus
遛	*m·ru
鎦	*m·ru
飀	*m·ru
鰡	*m·ru
嵧	*m·ru
餾	*m·ru, *m·rus
瀏	*m·ru, *m·ruʔ
懰	*m·ru, *m·ruʔ
柳	*m·ruʔ
珋	*m·ruʔ
罶	*m·ruʔ
嬼	*m·ruʔ, *m·rus
溜	*m·rus
霤	*m·rus
廇	*m·rus
塯	*m·rus

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎo (mao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maau⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎo
    • Wade–Giles: mao³
    • Yale: mǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mao
    • Palladius: мао (mao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: maau⁵
    • Yale: máauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mao⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːu̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: maewX, ljuwX

Rime
Character	茆	茆
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	莫飽切	力久切
Baxter	maewX	ljuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠauX/	/lɨuX/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚauX/	/liuX/
Shao Rongfen	/mauX/	/liəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨwX/	/luwX/
Li Rong	/mauX/	/liuX/
Wang Li	/mauX/	/lĭəuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mauX/	/li̯ə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǎo	liǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maau5	lau5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤruʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mruːʔ/, /*m·ruʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	茆
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mǎo
Middle Chinese	‹ mæwX ›
Old Chinese	/*mˁruʔ/
English	Brasenia
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	茆	茆
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8874	8899
Phonetic component	卯	卯
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	卯	柳
Old Chinese	/*mruːʔ/	/*m·ruʔ/

Definitions

茆

1. water shield (Brasenia schreberi)

   Synonyms: 蒓 / 莼 (chún), 蓴 (chún)

2. a surname

Compounds

• 不對茆荀兒 / 不对茆荀儿
• 筍裡不知茆裡 / 笋里不知茆里

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máo (mao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máo
    • Wade–Giles: mao²
    • Yale: máu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau
    • Palladius: мао (mao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵/

Definitions

茆

1. alternative form of 茅 (máo, “cogon grass”)
2. a surname

Compounds

• 白茆 (báimáo)
• 茆店
• 茆茨
• 蓬茆

Japanese

Kanji

茆

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. garden
2. farm
3. yard

Readings

• Go-on: みょう (myō)^{←めう (meu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ぼう (bō)^{←ばう (bau, historical)}
• Kun: かや (kaya, 茆)、その (sono, 茆)、めなわ (menawa)

References

• “^▲茆”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025