黽

See also: 黾

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

黽 (radical 205 黽+0, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口X山 (RXU), four-corner 7771₇)

1. to strive
2. to endeavour, to endeavor
3. Kangxi radical 205

References

• KangXi: page 1523, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48257
• Dae Jaweon: page 2058, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4768, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9EFD

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Chinese

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trad.		黽
simp.		黾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měng, mǐn, miǎn, méng (meng³, min³, mian³, meng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˇ, ㄇㄧㄣˇ, ㄇㄧㄢˇ, ㄇㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁵
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): mén
• Min Nan (POJ): bián / bín / bêng / béng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: měng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˇ
    • Wade-Giles: mêng³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeng
    • IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ²¹⁴/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: mǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˇ
    • Wade-Giles: min³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miin
    • IPA ^(key): /min²¹⁴/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: miǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˇ
    • Wade-Giles: mien³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mean
    • IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: méng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ
    • Wade-Giles: mêng²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meng
    • IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁵
    • Yale: máhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /mɐn¹³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mén
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /men³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bián / bín / bêng / béng
    • Tâi-lô: bián / bín / bîng / bíng
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɛn⁴¹/, /bin⁴¹/, /bɪŋ²³/, /bɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɛn⁵³/, /bin⁵³/, /bɪŋ¹³/, /bɪŋ⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (黽, reconstructed)
Character (黽), Pronunciation 1/3
Initial: 明 (4) Final: 眞 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 武盡切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/miɪnX/	/mi̯ĕnX/	/miĕnX/	/minX/	/minX/	/mĭĕnX/	/mjenX/
Character (黽), Pronunciation 2/3
Initial: 明 (4) Final: 仙 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 彌兖切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/miᴇnX/	/mi̯ɛnX/	/miɛnX/	/miɛnX/	/mianX/	/mĭɛnX/	/mjænX/
Character (黽), Pronunciation 3/3
Initial: 明 (4) Final: 耕 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 武幸切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/mɣɛŋX/	/mæŋX/	/mɛŋX/	/mɯæŋX/	/məɨjŋX/	/mæŋX/	/mɐŋX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (黽, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
黽								měng								‹ mɛngX ›								/*mˤrəŋʔ/								toad
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
黽					9161					黽					元					2					緬					/*mlenʔ/					黽池
黽					9162					黽					眞					2					泯					/*mliŋʔ/					黽池
黽					9176					黽					耕					0					䁅					/*mreːŋʔ/

References

• VoiceDic (汉语方言发音字典)

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Japanese

Kanji

黽

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: ぼう (bō), びん (bin), べん (ben)
• Kun: つとめる (tsutomeru), あおがえる (aogaeru)

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Korean

Hanja

黽 (min, maeng)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 민, 맹 (revised: min, maeng, McCune-Reischauer: min, Yale: min)

• Name (hangeul): 맹꽁이()

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Vietnamese

Han character

黽 (mãnh)

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