媚

Translingual

Han character

媚 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女日竹山 (VAHU), four-corner 4746₇, composition ⿰女眉)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 267, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6513
• Dae Jaweon: page 534, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1069, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5A9A

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Chinese

trad.		媚
simp. #		媚
alternative forms		⿰女𠃜 (second-round simplified)

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
眉	*mril
楣	*mril
嵋	*bril
湄	*mril
鶥	*mril
瑂	*mril
郿	*mril, *mrils
葿	*mril
媚	*mrils
篃	*mrils
蝞	*mrills
煝	*mrils

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mèi (mei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶ / mei⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bī / mī

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mei⁶ / mei⁴
    • Yale: meih / mèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ / mei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ / méi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²²/, /mei̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī
    • Tâi-lô: bī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bi
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /bi³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mī
    • Tâi-lô: mī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mĩ²²/

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• Middle Chinese: mijH

Rime
Character	媚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	明祕切
Baxter	mijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚiH/
Shao Rongfen	/miɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mjiH/
Li Rong	/mjiH/
Wang Li	/miH/
Bernard Karlgren	/miH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mrəjʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mrils/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	媚
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mèi
Middle Chinese	‹ mijH ›
Old Chinese	/*mrəjʔ-s/
English	love; flatter
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	媚
Reading #	1/1
No.	8946
Phonetic component	眉
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	郿
Old Chinese	/*mrils/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 媚

1. charming, attractive
2. to flatter
3. to love

   入門各自媚，誰肯相為言。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   入门各自媚，谁肯相为言。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: Han Dynasty, 飲馬長城窟行

   Rùmén gèzì mèi, shéi kěn xiāng wèi yán. [Pinyin]

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

• “媚”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

媚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. flatter
2. humor
3. flirt

Readings

• Go-on: み (mi)
• Kan-on: び (bi)
• Kun: こぶ (kobu, 媚ぶ); こび (kobi); こびる (kobiru, 媚びる); こばむ (kobamu, 媚ばむ)

Compounds

• 媚薬(びやく) (biyaku): aphrodisiac

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Korean

Hanja

媚 • (mi) (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune–Reischauer mi)

1. charming
2. attractive
3. flatter

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 媚 (mị)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.