抹

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 扌 + phonetic 末

Han character

抹 (radical 64 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手木十 (QDJ), four-corner 5509₀)

1. smear, apply, wipe off, erase

References

• KangXi: page 424, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11926
• Dae Jaweon: page 771, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1847, character 8
• Unihan data for U+62B9

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Cantonese

Hanzi

抹 (jyutping maat3, mut3, Yale maat3, mut3)

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Japanese

Kanji

抹 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: まつ (matsu)
• Kun: する (suru)

Compounds

• 抹茶 (まっちゃ, matcha, “matcha, powdered green tea”)

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Korean

Hanja

抹 (hangeul 말, revised mal, McCune-Reischauer mal, Yale mal)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Hanzi

抹 (pinyin mǒ (mo3), Wade-Giles mo³)

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Vietnamese

Han character

抹 (mạt)