黴

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 微 + semantic 黑 (“black”)

Han character

黴 (radical 203 黑+11, 23 strokes, cangjie input 竹人山火大 (HOUFK), X竹人山火 (XHOUF), four-corner 2824₀)

1. mold, mildew
2. bacteria, fungi

References

• KangXi: page 1521, character 47
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48196
• Dae Jaweon: page 2057, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 851, character 25
• Unihan data for U+9EF4

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Cantonese

Hanzi

黴 (Yale mei4)

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Japanese

Kanji

黴

Readings

• On: ばい (bai), び (bi), まい (mai)
• Kun: かび (kabi), かびる (kabiru)

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Korean

Hanja

黴 (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune-Reischauer mi, Yale mi)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

黴 (pinyin méi (mei2), Wade-Giles mei²)