麛

麛 U+9E9B, 麛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9E9B ← 麚 [U+9E9A] CJK Unified Ideographs 麜 → [U+9E9C]

Translingual

Han character

麛 (Kangxi radical 198, 鹿+9, 20 strokes, cangjie input 戈心弓尸十 (IPNSJ), four-corner 0024₁, composition ⿸鹿弭)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1511, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47675
• Dae Jaweon: page 2039, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4734, character 18
• Unihan data for U+9E9B

Chinese

trad.		麛
simp. #		麛
alternative forms		𪋈 𪋸

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
佴	*nɯːs, *njɯs
麛	*miː
弭	*mniʔ
渳	*mniʔ
葞	*mniʔ
髶	*njis, *njoŋ
聻	*nɯʔ
恥	*n̥ʰɯʔ
咡	*njɯ, *njɯs
誀	*njɯ, *njɯs
耳	*njɯʔ
洱	*njɯʔ, *njɯs
駬	*njɯʔ
餌	*njɯs
珥	*njɯs
衈	*njɯs
毦	*njɯs
刵	*njɯs
眲	*njɯs, *rnɯːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mí (mi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mai⁴ / nei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mí
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mí
    • Wade–Giles: mi²
    • Yale: mí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mi
    • Palladius: ми (mi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: mai⁴ / nei⁴
    • Yale: màih / nèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁴ / nei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mei⁴ / néi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯²¹/, /nei̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mej

Rime
Character	麛
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	莫兮切
Baxter	mej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mei/
Pan Wuyun	/mei/
Shao Rongfen	/mɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɛj/
Li Rong	/mei/
Wang Li	/miei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/miei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mai4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-ŋˤe/

  (Zhengzhang): /*miː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	麛
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mí
Middle Chinese	‹ mej ›
Old Chinese	/*m-ŋˁe/
English	fawn; to hunt a young animal
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	麛
Reading #	1/1
No.	2774
Phonetic component	耳
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	迷
Old Chinese	/*miː/

Definitions

麛

1. fawn; young deer

   Synonym: 麑 (ní)

2. young (animal)

Compounds

• 麛夭

Japanese

Kanji

麛

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): べい (bei)、まい (mai)
• Kun: こじか (kojika)