媒

Translingual

Han character

媒 (radical 38 女+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女廿一木 (VTMD), four-corner 4449₄, composition ⿰女某)

1. go-between, matchmaker
2. medium

References

• KangXi: page 266, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6498
• Dae Jaweon: page 533, character 38
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1063, character 13
• Unihan data for U+5A92

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Cantonese

Hanzi

媒 (Yale mui4)

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Japanese

Kanji

媒 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: ばい (bai), まい (mai), ぼう (bō)
• Kun: なこうど (nakoudo)

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Korean

Hanja

媒 (hangeul 매, revised mae, McCune-Reischauer mae)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

媒 (pinyin méi (mei2), Wade-Giles mei²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

媒 (môi, mối, mồi, mụ, mai)