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U+8004, 耄
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8004

[U+8003]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8005]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 125, +4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十心竹手山 (JPHQU), four-corner 44714, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 960, character 32
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28848
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1409, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2781, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8004

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (4)
Final () (89)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter mawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mɑuH/
Pan
Wuyun
/mɑuH/
Shao
Rongfen
/mɑuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mawH/
Li
Rong
/mɑuH/
Wang
Li
/mɑuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mɑuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
mào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mou6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 8788
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*maːws/

Definitions

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  1. (literary) very old; senile
  2. befuddled; confused

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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alternative forms

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (Hokkien) sunken in; shriveled; emaciated (especially the mouth of an old person)
  2. (Hokkien) to chew slowly as a toothless person
  3. (Mainland China Hokkien) to shrivel; to cave in; to sink in
    落去 [Hokkien]  ―  mauh lo̍h-khì [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  The mouth caved in.
  4. (Mainland China Hokkien) to embezzle; to misappropriate

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. senility

Readings

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  • On (unclassified): もう ()ぼう ()
  • Kun: おいぼれる (oiboreru, 耄れる)

Korean

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Hanja

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(eum (mo))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: mạo

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