膜

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic ⺼ + phonetic 莫

Han character

膜 (radical 130 肉+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月廿日大 (BTAK), four-corner 7423₄, composition ⿰月莫)

1. membrane
2. to kneel and worship

Related characters

• 募 墓 幕 慕
• 模

References

• KangXi: page 993, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29808
• Dae Jaweon: page 1444, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2100, character 13
• Unihan data for U+819C

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Cantonese

Hanzi

膜 (Yale mok6)

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Japanese

Kanji

膜 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: まく (maku), ばく (baku)
• Kun: まく (maku), うすかわ (usukawa)

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Korean

Hanja

膜 (hangeul 막, 모, revised mak, mo, McCune-Reischauer mak, mo, Yale mak, mo)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

膜 (pinyin mó (mo2), mò (mo4), Wade-Giles mo², mo⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

膜 (mô)