衊

See also: 蔑

衊 U+884A, 衊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-884A ← 衉 [U+8849] CJK Unified Ideographs 衋 → [U+884B]

Translingual

Han character

衊 (Kangxi radical 143, 血+15, 21 strokes, cangjie input 竹廿廿田戈 (HTTWI), four-corner 2415₃, composition ⿰血蔑)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1108, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34023
• Dae Jaweon: page 1570, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3054, character 2
• Unihan data for U+884A

Chinese

trad.		衊
simp.		蔑*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
礣	*mreːd
蔑	*meːd, *meːd
篾	*meːd
蠛	*meːd
懱	*meːd
幭	*meːd
鱴	*meːd
衊	*meːd
瀎	*meːd, *maːd
襪	*mad
韤	*mad
韈	*mad

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *meːd): semantic 血 (“blood”) + phonetic 蔑 (OC *meːd, *meːd)

Etymology 1

Baxter & Sagart (2014) reconstruct 衊 (OC *mˤi[k]) and relate it to 血 (OC *m̥ˤik) and 脈 (OC *C.mˤ<r>[i]k, “vein”). See those two for etmology and discussion.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miè (mie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mit⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miè
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miè
    • Wade–Giles: mieh⁴
    • Yale: myè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mieh
    • Palladius: ме (me)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: mit⁶
    • Yale: miht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: met

Rime
Character	衊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	屑 (87)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	莫結切
Baxter	met
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/met̚/
Pan Wuyun	/met̚/
Shao Rongfen	/mɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɛt̚/
Li Rong	/met̚/
Wang Li	/miet̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/miet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	miè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mit6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*meːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	衊
Reading #	1/1
No.	9123
Phonetic component	蔑
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	蔑
Old Chinese	/*meːd/

Definitions

衊

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) dirty blood
2. to smear
3. to defile
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) nosebleed

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 衊 – see 蔑 (“to belittle; to disdain; to despise; to extinguish; to obliterate; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 蔑).

Japanese

Kanji

衊

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): べつ (betsu)、めち (mechi)、ばつ (batsu)、まち (machi)

Korean

Hanja

衊 • (myeol) (hangeul 멸, revised myeol, McCune–Reischauer myŏl, Yale myel)

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