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U+9EF4, 黴
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EF4

[U+9EF3]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9EF5]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 203, +11, 23 strokes, cangjie input 竹人山火大 (HOUFK) or 難竹人山火 (XHOUF), four-corner 28240, composition 𪑛)

Derived characters

  • 𭼼

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1521, character 47
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48196
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2057, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 851, character 25
  • Unihan data for U+9EF4
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Chinese

More information trad., simp. ...

Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 黴, Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) ...

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

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not mentioned by Schuessler or STEDT. Note similarities to Burmese မှဲ့ (hmai., mole (dark spot)).”

Pronunciation


Note:
  • mei4 - colloquial;
  • mui4 - variant.

More information Rime, Character ...
More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...

Definitions

  1. mold; mildew; must
  2. (alt. form ) to become moldy
  3. (of one's face) dirty; dingy; dark

Compounds

References

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Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. mold

Readings

  • Go-on: (me) (mi)
  • Kan-on: ばい (bai) (bi)
  • On: まい (mai)
  • Kun: かび (kabi, )かびる (kabiru, 黴る)

Compounds

Noun

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More information Alternative spelling ...

(かび) or (カビ) (kabi) 

  1. mold

Korean

Hanja

(mi) (hangeul , revised mi, McCuneReischauer mi, Yale mi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: mai, mị

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References

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