覹

覹 U+89B9, 覹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-89B9 ← 覸 [U+89B8] CJK Unified Ideographs 覺 → [U+89BA]

Translingual

Han character

覹 (Kangxi radical 147, 見+13, 20 strokes, cangjie input 月山竹人大 (BUHOK) or 難月山竹人 (XBUHO), four-corner 7821₄, composition ⿰見微)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1137, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34970
• Dae Jaweon: page 1604, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3676, character 1
• Unihan data for U+89B9

Chinese

trad.		覹
simp.		𫌭
alternative forms		𧢒 𧢓 矀

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 覹
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
矀	*mrɯl, *mɯl
覹	*mrɯl
黴	*mrɯl, *mɯːls
薇	*mrɯl, *mɯl
媺	*mrɯlʔ
微	*mɯl
溦	*mɯl
癓	*mɯl
徽	*hmɯl
幑	*hmɯl

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mrɯl): semantic 見 + phonetic 微 (OC *mɯl).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéi (wei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéi
    • Wade–Giles: wei²
    • Yale: wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wei
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mei⁴
    • Yale: mèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mij

Rime
Character	覹
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): /*mrɯl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	覹
Reading #	1/1
No.	12796
Phonetic component	微
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	眉
Old Chinese	/*mrɯl/
Notes	同矀

Definitions

覹

1. (historical dictionaries only) to peep