䆀

Translingual

Han character

䆀 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 竹木田土火 (HDWGF), four-corner 2693₁, composition ⿰禾黑)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 860, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2632, character 8
• Unihan data for U+4180

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		䆀
alternative forms		覹／𫌭 “(fire) slow”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měi (mei³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měi
    • Wade–Giles: mei³
    • Yale: měi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meei
    • Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mui⁵
    • Yale: múih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mui⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bái
    • Tâi-lô: bái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bai⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bai⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bai⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mojX, mwojH, mojH

Rime
Character	䆀	䆀	䆀
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	灰 (42)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	莫亥切	莫佩切	莫代切
Baxter	mojX	mwojH	mojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʌiX/	/muʌiH/	/mʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/məiX/	/muoiH/	/məiH/
Shao Rongfen	/mɒiX/	/muɒiH/	/mɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məjX/	/mwəjH/	/məjH/
Li Rong	/mᴀiX/	/muᴀiH/	/mᴀiH/
Wang Li	/mɒiX/	/muɒiH/	/mɒiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/mɑ̆iX/	/muɑ̆iH/	/mɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǎi	mèi	mài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	moi5	mui6	moi6

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 䆀

1. ^† to corrupt; to ruin
2. ^† dark spots on crops after getting wet in the rain
3. ^† black
4. (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien) bad; not good; disappointing; of poor quality

   心情䆀  ―  sim chêng bái  ―  MN

5. (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien Southern Min, euphemistic) to die (usually of children; also of adults in Zhangzhou)
6. (Hokkien, of fire) slow; small
7. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Teochew) ugly

Further reading

• “Entry #13551”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.