貊

See also: 貘

貊 U+8C8A, 貊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C8A ← 貉 [U+8C89] CJK Unified Ideographs 貋 → [U+8C8B]

Translingual

Han character

貊 (Kangxi radical 153, 豸+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月竹一日 (BHMA), four-corner 2126₀, composition ⿰豸百)

1. leopard
2. ancient tribe in northeastern China

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1201, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36550
• Dae Jaweon: page 1663, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3911, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8C8A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		貊
alternative forms		狛

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
怕	*pʰraːɡs, *pʰraːɡ
帕	*pʰraːɡs, *mbraːd
粕	*pʰaːɡ, *pʰraːɡ
胉	*pʰaːɡ
泊	*baːɡ
箔	*baːɡ
魄	*tʰaːɡ, *pʰraːɡ
皕	*prɯɡ
伯	*praːɡ
百	*praːɡ
迫	*praːɡ
敀	*praːɡ, *pʰraːɡ
柏	*praːɡ
湐	*praːɡ
拍	*pʰraːɡ
珀	*pʰraːɡ
皛	*pʰraːɡ, *ɡeːwʔ
洦	*mpʰraːɡ, *mbraːɡ
白	*braːɡ
帛	*braːɡ
舶	*braːɡ
鮊	*braːɡ
陌	*mbraːɡ
帞	*mbraːɡ
袹	*mbraːɡ
蛨	*mbraːɡ
貊	*mbraːɡ
佰	*mbraːɡ
銆	*mbraːɡ
碧	*praɡ, *preɡ
咟	*ɦmreːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mò (mo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ / maak⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): be̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mò
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mò
    • Wade–Giles: mo⁴
    • Yale: mwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh
    • Palladius: мо (mo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mak⁶ / maak⁶
    • Yale: mahk / maahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹ / maak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶ / mag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚²/, /maːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: be̍k
    • Tâi-lô: bi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪk̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: maek

Rime
Character	貊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	陌 (113)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	莫白切
Baxter	maek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠæk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚak̚/
Shao Rongfen	/mak̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/mɐk̚/
Wang Li	/mɐk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mɐk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mak6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mbraːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	貊
Reading #	1/1
No.	215
Phonetic component	白
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	陌
Old Chinese	/*mbraːɡ/

Definitions

貊

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) name of a tribe in northern China
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of beast

Compounds

• 濊貊 / 𰛦貊 (Wèimò)
• 蠻貊 / 蛮貊

References

• “貊”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

貊

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: みゃく (myaku)
• Kan-on: ばく (baku)
• Kan’yō-on: はく (haku)
• Kun: えびす (ebisu)

Korean

Hanja

貊 • (maek) (hangeul 맥, revised maek, McCune–Reischauer maek, Yale mayk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

貊: Hán Nôm readings: mạch

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References

• Nom Foundation