吂

Translingual

Han character

吂 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 卜女口 (YVR), composition ⿱亡口)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 174, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3279
• Dae Jaweon: page 387, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 584, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5402

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		吂

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
忙	*maːŋ
芒	*maːŋ, *maŋ
茫	*maːŋ
恾	*maːŋ
吂	*maːŋ, *maːŋs
汒	*maːŋ, *maŋs
朚	*maːŋ, *hmaːŋ, *maŋ, *mraːŋ, *mraːŋs
邙	*maːŋ, *maŋ
杗	*maːŋ, *maŋ
荒	*hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋs
肓	*hmaːŋ
衁	*hmaːŋ
巟	*hmaːŋ
詤	*hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋʔ, *hmaŋʔ
慌	*hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋʔ
謊	*hmaːŋʔ
喪	*smaːŋs, *smaːŋ
亡	*maŋ
望	*maŋ, *maŋs
莣	*maŋ
朢	*maŋ, *maŋs
鋩	*maŋ
硭	*maŋ
忘	*maŋ, *maŋs
网	*mlaŋʔ
罔	*mlaŋʔ
蛧	*maŋʔ
網	*mlaŋʔ
輞	*maŋʔ
棢	*maŋʔ
惘	*maŋʔ
菵	*maŋʔ
誷	*maŋʔ
魍	*maŋʔ
妄	*maŋs
盲	*mraːŋ
蝱	*mraːŋ
虻	*mraːŋ
氓	*mraːŋ
甿	*mraːŋ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máng, màng (mang², mang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄤˊ, ㄇㄤˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máng
    • Wade–Giles: mang²
    • Yale: máng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mang
    • Palladius: ман (man)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màng
    • Wade–Giles: mang⁴
    • Yale: màng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: manq
    • Palladius: ман (man)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mang, mangH

Rime
Character	吂	吂
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	莫郎切	莫浪切
Baxter	mang	mangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɑŋ/	/mɑŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/mɑŋ/	/mɑŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/mɑŋ/	/mɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maŋ/	/maŋH/
Li Rong	/mɑŋ/	/mɑŋH/
Wang Li	/mɑŋ/	/mɑŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/mɑŋ/	/mɑŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	máng	màng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mong4	mong6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*maːŋ/, /*maːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	吂	吂
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12643	12648
Phonetic component	亡	亡
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	茫	漭
Old Chinese	/*maːŋ/	/*maːŋs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 吂

1. (literary, of aged people) unexcited; reluctant; obtuse

   就齡流逝,人變更吂。 [MSC, trad.]
   就龄流逝,人变更吂。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jiù líng liúshì, rén biàn gèng máng. [Pinyin]

   As years go by, people become more obtuse.

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Japanese

Kanji

吂

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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