莁

莁 U+8381, 莁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8381 ← 莀 [U+8380] CJK Unified Ideographs 莂 → [U+8382]

Translingual

Han character

莁 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿一人人 (TMOO), four-corner 4410₈, composition ⿱艹巫)

Derived characters

• 𭲁

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1032, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31013
• Dae Jaweon: page 1492, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3215, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8381

Chinese

simp. and trad.		莁

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (巫) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
巫	*ma
誣	*ma
莁	*ma
鵐	*ma

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wú (wu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wú
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wú
    • Wade–Giles: wu²
    • Yale: wú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wu
    • Palladius: у (u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: mju

Rime
Character	莁
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	武夫切
Baxter	mju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/mio/
Shao Rongfen	/mio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆/
Li Rong	/mio/
Wang Li	/mĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ma/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莁
Reading #	1/1
No.	13064
Phonetic component	巫
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	無
Old Chinese	/*ma/
Notes	見爾雅說文作蕪

Definitions

莁

1. Only used in 莁荑.