沬

沬 U+6CAC, 沬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6CAC ← 沫 [U+6CAB] CJK Unified Ideographs 沭 → [U+6CAD]

See also: 沫

Translingual

Han character

沬 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水十木 (EJD), four-corner 3519₀, composition ⿰氵未)

Derived characters

• 𭈣, 𪶚, 𮄇

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 612, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17236
• Dae Jaweon: page 1006, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1578, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6CAC

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
寐	*mids
魅	*mrɯds
鬽	*mrɯds
昧	*mɯːds
妹	*mɯːds
眛	*maːds, *mɯːds
沬	*maːds, *hmɯːds, *mɯds
未	*mɯds
味	*mɯds
鮇	*mɯds
菋	*mɯds

Pronunciation 1

simp. and trad.		沬
alternative forms		頮／颒 湏 靧／𫖃

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huì (hui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huèi
    • Wade–Giles: hui⁴
    • Yale: hwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huey
    • Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hmɯːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	沬
Reading #	2/3
No.	12916
Phonetic component	未
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*hmɯːds/

Definitions

沬

1. (Classical) to wash the face

For pronunciation and definitions of 沬 – see 頮 (“to wash the face”). (This character is a variant form of 頮).

Pronunciation 2

simp. and trad.		沬

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mèi (Mei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mèi
    • Wade–Giles: Mei⁴
    • Yale: Mèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mey
    • Palladius: Мэй (Mɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mj+jH, majH

Rime
Character	沬	沬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	泰 (25)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	無沸切	莫貝切
Baxter	mj+jH	majH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉiH/	/mɑiH/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷɨiH/	/mɑiH/
Shao Rongfen	/miuəiH/	/mɑiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mujH/	/majH/
Li Rong	/miuəiH/	/mɑiH/
Wang Li	/mĭwəiH/	/mɑiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/mwe̯iH/	/mɑiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi	mèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei6	mui6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯds/, /*maːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	沬	沬
Reading #	3/3	1/3
No.	12919	9218
Phonetic component	未	末
Rime group	隊	祭
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	未	昧
Old Chinese	/*mɯds/	/*maːds/
Notes		校本改沫

Definitions

沬

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Pronunciation 3

simp. and trad.		沬

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mèi (mei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mèi
    • Wade–Giles: mei⁴
    • Yale: mèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mey
    • Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯⁵¹/

Definitions

沬

1. ^† the light of twilight

Pronunciation 4

simp. and trad.		沬
alternative forms		汆

• Eastern Min (BUC): mê
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhi⁷

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛi²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī
    • Tâi-lô: bī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhi⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bi¹¹/

Definitions

沬

1. (Southern Min, Eastern Min) to sink
2. (Southern Min, Eastern Min) to lose oneself in, to become engrossed in, to become addicted to
3. (Eastern Min) to bow one's head

Compounds

• 沬水
• 沬血 (mèixuè)
• 沬頭溜／沬头溜
• 洿沬

 

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B02050

Korean

Hanja

沬 • (mae) (hangeul 매, revised mae, McCune–Reischauer mae, Yale may)

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