袜

See also: 襪

袜 U+889C, 袜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-889C ← 袛 [U+889B] CJK Unified Ideographs 袝 → [U+889D]

Translingual

Han character

袜 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中木十 (LDJ), composition ⿰衤末)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1114, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34200
• Dae Jaweon: page 1580, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3081, character 9
• Unihan data for U+889C

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
眛	*maːds, *mɯːds
沬	*maːds, *hmɯːds, *mɯds
佅	*mraːds
韎	*mreːds, *maːd
帓	*mraːd
粖	*meːd, *maːd
末	*maːd
昩	*maːd
秣	*maːd
靺	*maːd
眜	*maːd
抹	*maːd
妺	*maːd
怽	*maːd
沫	*maːd
袜	*maːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *maːd) : semantic 衣 + phonetic 末 (OC *maːd).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		袜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mò (mo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mò
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mò
    • Wade–Giles: mo⁴
    • Yale: mwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh
    • Palladius: мо (mo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mat

Rime
Character	袜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	桓 (64)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫撥切
Baxter	mat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwat̚/
Li Rong	/muɑt̚/
Wang Li	/muɑt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mut6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*maːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	袜
Reading #	1/1
No.	9234
Phonetic component	末
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	末
Old Chinese	/*maːd/

Definitions

袜

1. (fashion) An undershirt or underbodice worn in pre-modern China.

   • 釵長逐鬟髲，袜小稱腰身。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     钗长逐鬟髲，袜小称腰身。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: New Songs from the Jade Terrace, volume 8

     Chāi cháng zhú huán bì, mò xiǎo chèn yāoshēn. [Pinyin]

     The hairpin is long, following her twisted wig; The mò is slim, matching her waist.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 袜 – see 襪 (“sock; stocking”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 襪).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

袜

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: もち (mochi)
• Kan-on: ばつ (batsu)
• Kan’yō-on: べつ (betsu)
• Kun: たび (tabi)