黴

See also: 霉

黴 U+9EF4, 黴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EF4 ← 黳 [U+9EF3] CJK Unified Ideographs 黵 → [U+9EF5]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𭼼

Related characters

• 霉 (Variant and simplified form in Chinese)

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

Chinese

trad.		黴
simp.		霉*
alternative forms		⿲彳⿳山一里攵 霉 ⿰𡼡攵 黣 ⿰⿳山一黒攵 ⿲彳⿳山一里攵 霉 ⿰𡼡攵 黣 ⿰⿳山一黒攵 𪑛 ⿲亻⿱山黒攵 ⿲彳⿱山黒攵 ⿱山⿰彳𪐫 ⿲彳𡼡攵 ⿲彳⿳山一黒攵

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 黴
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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, *mɯːls): phonetic 微 (OC *mɯl) + semantic 黑 (“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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méi (mei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ / mui⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): mûi / bôe / bî / hui

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhuê⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶me

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méi
    • Wade–Giles: mei²
    • Yale: méi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei
    • Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: mei⁴ / mui⁴
    • Yale: mèih / mùih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ / mui⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ / mui⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹/, /muːi̯²¹/

Note:

• mei4 - colloquial;
• mui4 - variant.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi
    • Tâi-lô: muî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: muii
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /muĩ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bôe
    • Tâi-lô: buê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî
    • Tâi-lô: bî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /bi²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hui
    • Tâi-lô: hui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hui⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhuê⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bue⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶me
    • MiniDict: me^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³me
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /me²³/

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• Middle Chinese: mij, mwojH

Rime
Character	黴	黴
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	武悲切	莫佩切
Baxter	mij	mwojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiɪ/	/muʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚi/	/muoiH/
Shao Rongfen	/miɪ/	/muɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mji/	/mwəjH/
Li Rong	/mji/	/muᴀiH/
Wang Li	/mi/	/muɒiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi/	/muɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mí	mèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei4	mui6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mrɯl/, /*mɯːls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	黴	黴
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12797	12800
Phonetic component	微	微
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	眉	妹
Old Chinese	/*mrɯl/	/*mɯːls/
Notes	今作黴

Definitions

黴

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

Compounds

• 土黴素 / 土霉素
• 康黴素 / 康霉素
• 新黴素 / 新霉素 (xīnméisù)
• 氯黴素 / 氯霉素 (lǜméisù)
• 白黴 / 白霉
• 白黴素 / 白霉素
• 赤黴素 / 赤霉素 (chìméisù)
• 金黴素 / 金霉素 (jīnméisù)
• 鉑黴素 / 铂霉素
• 鏈黴素 / 链霉素
• 青黴 / 青霉 (qīngméi)
• 青黴素 / 青霉素 (qīngméisù)
• 麴黴 / 曲霉 (qūméi)
• 黑黴菌 / 黑霉菌
• 黴菌 / 霉菌 (méijūn)
• 黴菌病 / 霉菌病
• 黴黑 / 霉黑
• 黴黧 / 霉黧

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04782
• “黴”, 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

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 黴

黴

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. mold

Readings

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

Compounds

• 黴(ばい)菌(きん) (baikin, “germs”)
• 黴(ばい)毒(どく) (baidoku, “syphilis”)
• 黴(ばい)雨(う) (baiu, “rainy season”)

Noun

Kanji in this term
黴
かび Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
カビ

黴(かび) or 黴(カビ) • (kabi) 

1. mold

References

• “^▲黴”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

黴 • (mi) (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune–Reischauer mi, Yale mi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

黴: Hán Nôm readings: mai, mị

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References

• Nom Foundation