嵋

嵋 U+5D4B, 嵋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5D4B ← 嵊 [U+5D4A] CJK Unified Ideographs 嵌 → [U+5D4C]

Translingual

Han character

嵋 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 山日竹山 (UAHU), four-corner 2776₇, composition ⿰山眉)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 316, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8278
• Dae Jaweon: page 616, character 37
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 789, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5D4B

Chinese

trad.		嵋
simp. #		嵋
2nd round simp.		𠃜

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): méi (mei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méi
    • Wade–Giles: mei²
    • Yale: méi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei
    • Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁴
    • Yale: mèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mij

Rime
Character	嵋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	武悲切
Baxter	mij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚi/
Shao Rongfen	/miɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mji/
Li Rong	/mji/
Wang Li	/mi/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bril/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嵋
Reading #	1/1
No.	8940
Phonetic component	眉
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	眉
Old Chinese	/*bril/

Definitions

嵋

1. Only used in 峨嵋.

Japanese

Kanji

嵋

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Only used in 峨嵋 (Gabi), the name of a mountain.

Readings

• Kan-on: び (bi)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

嵋: Hán Nôm readings: mi

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