弭

Translingual

Han character

弭 (radical 57 弓+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 弓尸十 (NSJ), four-corner 1124₀, composition ⿰弓耳)

1. stop, desist, end, quell

References

• KangXi: page 358, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9768
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 995, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5F2D

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		弭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǐ (mi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mai⁵, mei⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): bí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: mǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ
    • Wade-Giles: mih³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mii
    • IPA ^(key): /mi²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mai⁵, mei⁵
    • Yale: máih, méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁵, mei⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯¹³/, /mei̯¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí
    • Tâi-lô: bí
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (弭, reconstructed)
Character (弭), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 明 (4) Final: 支 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 綿婢切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/miᴇX/	/mie̯X/	/mieX/	/miɛX/	/miə̆X/	/mǐeX/	/mjɛX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (弭, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
弭								mǐ								‹ mjieX ›								/*[m-ŋ]e(j)ʔ/								bow decorated with bone or ivory ends
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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
弭					2775					耳					脂					2					渳					/*mniʔ/

References

• Open Dictionary Network - Min Nan Dictionary (kaifangcidian.com)

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Japanese

Kanji

弭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: び (bi), み (mi)
• Kun: ゆはず (yuhazu)

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Korean

Hanja

弭 (mi) (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune-Reischauer mi, Yale mi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: nhẹ, nhĩ, nhị

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