麝

麝 U+9E9D, 麝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9E9D ← 麜 [U+9E9C] CJK Unified Ideographs 麞 → [U+9E9E]

Translingual

Han character

麝 (Kangxi radical 198, 鹿+10, 21 strokes, cangjie input 戈心竹竹戈 (IPHHI), four-corner 0024₁, composition ⿸鹿射(GHTV) or ⿱鹿射(JK))

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1511, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47682
• Dae Jaweon: page 2039, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4735, character 4
• Unihan data for U+9E9D

Chinese

trad.		麝
simp. #		麝
alternative forms		𪋧

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
謝	*ljaːɡs
榭	*ljaːɡs
射	*ɢljaːɡs, *laːɡs, *ɢljaːɡ, *laːɡ
麝	*ɢljaːɡs, *ɢljaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢljaːɡs, *ɢljaːɡ) : semantic 鹿 + phonetic 射 (OC *ɢljaːɡs, *laːɡs, *ɢljaːɡ, *laːɡ).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/ɡ-la (“flesh; meat; deer”) (STEDT; Gong Hwang-cherng, 2002; Schuessler, 2007). Compare Tibetan གླ (gla, “musk deer”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shè (she⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): se⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): sie⁵

• Gan (Wiktionary): sa⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sa

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sa⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): se³
• Northern Min (KCR): iā
• Eastern Min (BUC): siâ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siā

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sia⁷ / sia⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zo

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shè
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shè
    • Wade–Giles: shê⁴
    • Yale: shè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheh
    • Palladius: шэ (šɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: se⁶
    • Yale: seh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: se⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sé⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: sie⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siɛ³²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: sa⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sa¹¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sa
    • Hakka Romanization System: sa
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sa⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sa⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sa⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sa⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: se³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /sɤ⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: iā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ia⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siâ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siɑ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siā
    • Tâi-lô: siā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sia
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sia²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sia⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sia²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sia³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sia³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sia⁷ / sia⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siā / siâ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sia¹¹/, /sia⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶zo
    • MiniDict: zo^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zo
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zo²³/

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• Middle Chinese: zyaeH, zyek

Rime
Character	麝	麝
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	船 (27)	船 (27)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)	昔 (123)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	神夜切	食亦切
Baxter	zyaeH	zyek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʑiaH/	/ʑiᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʑiaH/	/ʑiɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʑiaH/	/ʑiæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʑiaH/	/ʑiajk̚/
Li Rong	/d͡ʑiaH/	/d͡ʑiɛk̚/
Wang Li	/d͡ʑĭaH/	/d͡ʑĭɛk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡ʑʰi̯aH/	/d͡ʑʰi̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shè	shí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	se6	sik6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢljaːɡs/, /*ɢljaːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	麝	麝
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	11224	11227
Phonetic component	射	射
Rime group	暮	鐸
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	射	麝
Old Chinese	/*ɢljaːɡs/	/*ɢljaːɡ/

Definitions

麝

1. musk deer
2. musk

   麝香  ―  shèxiāng  ―  musk

   麝牛  ―  shèniú  ―  musk ox

Compounds

• 冰麝
• 山麝
• 暗麝
• 有麝自然香
• 松麝
• 水麝
• 沈麝
• 腦麝／脑麝
• 蘭麝／兰麝
• 香獐
• 香獐子 (xiāngzhāngzi)
• 香麝
• 麝囊
• 麝團／麝团
• 麝帶／麝带
• 麝幄
• 麝幃／麝帏
• 麝月 (shèyuè)
• 麝枕
• 麝檀
• 麝沉
• 麝炷
• 麝煤
• 麝煙／麝烟
• 麝燈／麝灯
• 麝父
• 麝牋／麝笺
• 麝牛 (shèniú)
• 麝篝
• 麝粉
• 麝腦／麝脑
• 麝臍／麝脐
• 麝臍香／麝脐香
• 麝芬
• 麝蘭／麝兰
• 麝衾
• 麝貓／麝猫 (shèmāo)
• 麝酒
• 麝雉
• 麝香 (shèxiāng)
• 麝香山
• 麝香石竹
• 麝香縭／麝香缡
• 麝香草
• 麝香褐
• 麝香貓／麝香猫 (shèxiāngmāo)
• 麝香金
• 麝香驄／麝香骢
• 麝墨 (shèmò)
• 麝鼠 (shèshǔ)
• 龍麝／龙麝

 

References

• “麝”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

麝

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. musk deer

Readings

• Go-on: じゃ (ja); じゃく (jaku)
• Kan-on: しゃ (sha); せき (seki)

Compounds

• 麝香(じゃこう) (jakō)
• 麝香豌豆(じゃこうえんどう) (jakōendō)
• 麝香鹿(じゃこうじか) (jakōjika)
• 麝香水(じゃこうすい) (jakōsui)
• 麝香猫(じゃこうねこ) (jakōneko)
• 麝香鼠(じゃこうねずみ) (jakōnezumi)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 麝 (MC zyaeH). Recorded as Middle Korean 샤〯 (syǎ) (Yale: sya) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource

麝 (eumhun 사향노루 사 (sahyangnoru sa))

1. Hanja form^? of 사 (“musk deer”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 사향 (麝香, sahyang)
• 사향샘 (麝香샘, sahyangsaem)
• 사향묘 (麝香猫, sahyangmyo)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese

Han character

麝: Hán Nôm readings: xạ

1. musk deer 貅麝 (Hươu xạ)
2. musk 麝香 (Xạ Hương)