侔

Translingual

Han character

侔 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人戈竹手 (OIHQ), four-corner 2325₀, composition ⿰亻牟)

1. equal

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 102, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 597
• Dae Jaweon: page 216, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 154, character 13
• Unihan data for U+4F94

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		侔

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 侔
Small seal script s05752
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
牟	*mu
眸	*mu
侔	*mu
蛑	*mu
麰	*mu
劺	*mu
恈	*mu
鴾	*mu

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): móu (mou²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: móu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: móu
    • Wade–Giles: mou²
    • Yale: móu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mou
    • Palladius: моу (mou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /moʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mau⁴
    • Yale: màuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: meo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mjuw

Rime
Character	侔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	莫浮切
Baxter	mjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/miu/
Shao Rongfen	/miəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muw/
Li Rong	/miu/
Wang Li	/mĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	móu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mu/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	侔
Reading #	1/1
No.	9269
Phonetic component	牟
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	謀
Old Chinese	/*mu/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 侔

1. (literary) matching; equal
2. ^† to seek

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Japanese

Kanji

侔

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ぼう (bō)、む (mu)
• Kun: ひとしい (hitoshii)、そろう (sorō)、したがう (shitagau)、つとめる (tsutomeru)、とる (toru)、はかる (hakaru)

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Korean

Hanja

侔 (eum 모 (mo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

侔: Hán Nôm readings: mầu, mâu

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References

• Nom Foundation