抹

Translingual

Han character

抹 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手木十 (QDJ), four-corner 5509₀, composition ⿰扌末)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 424, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11926
• Dae Jaweon: page 771, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1847, character 8
• Unihan data for U+62B9

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		抹

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
眛	*maːds, *mɯːds
沬	*maːds, *hmɯːds, *mɯds
佅	*mraːds
韎	*mreːds, *maːd
帓	*mraːd
粖	*meːd, *maːd
末	*maːd
昩	*maːd
秣	*maːd
靺	*maːd
眜	*maːd
抹	*maːd
妺	*maːd
怽	*maːd
沫	*maːd
袜	*maːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *maːd) : semantic 扌 + phonetic 末 (OC *maːd).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǒ (mo³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mut³ / mut⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mat
• Eastern Min (BUC): muák
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): boa̍t / boah / boa̍h

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhuah⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǒ
    • Wade–Giles: mo³
    • Yale: mwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moo
    • Palladius: мо (mo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mut³ / mut⁶
    • Yale: mut / muht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mut⁸ / mut⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mud³ / mud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːt̚³/, /muːt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mat
    • Hakka Romanization System: mad^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /mat̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: muák
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muɑʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boa̍t
    • Tâi-lô: bua̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boat
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /buat̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /buat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /buat̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boah
    • Tâi-lô: buah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boaq
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /buaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /buaʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boa̍h
    • Tâi-lô: bua̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boah
    • IPA (Xiamen): /buaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /buaʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /buaʔ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhuah⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buah
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /buaʔ²/

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• Middle Chinese: mat

Rime
Character	抹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	末 (64)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫撥切
Baxter	mat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwat̚/
Li Rong	/muɑt̚/
Wang Li	/muɑt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mut6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*maːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	抹
Reading #	1/1
No.	9230
Phonetic component	末
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	末
Old Chinese	/*maːd/
Notes	說文作瀎

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 抹

1. to smear, to apply

   抹藥／抹药 [Teochew]  ―  bhuah⁴ ioh⁸ [Peng'im]  ―  to apply medication

2. to remove
3. to erase
4. to play
5. to cut
6. to twirl
7. to aim

See also

• (to smear, to apply): 搽 (chá)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mò (mo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mut³ / mut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mò
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mò
    • Wade–Giles: mo⁴
    • Yale: mwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh
    • Palladius: мо (mo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mut³ / mut⁶
    • Yale: mut / muht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mut⁸ / mut⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mud³ / mud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːt̚³/, /muːt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: mat

Rime
Character	抹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	末 (64)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫撥切
Baxter	mat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwat̚/
Li Rong	/muɑt̚/
Wang Li	/muɑt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mut6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*maːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	抹
Reading #	1/1
No.	9230
Phonetic component	末
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	末
Old Chinese	/*maːd/
Notes	說文作瀎

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 抹

1. to smear (using cement or lime)
2. a finger method in some musical instrument
3. to touch
4. to wind
5. to keep close to
6. to bend

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mā, mǒ (ma¹, mo³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚ, ㄇㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mā
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ma
    • Wade–Giles: ma¹
    • Yale: mā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mha
    • Palladius: ма (ma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǒ
    • Wade–Giles: mo³
    • Yale: mwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moo
    • Palladius: мо (mo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: maat³
    • Yale: maat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: mad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːt̚³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 抹

1. to wipe

   抹屎窟 [Cantonese]  ―  maat³ si² fat¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to wipe one's bottom

2. to pull

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

抹

(Jōyō kanji)

1. grind
2. rub
3. crush
4. erase

Readings

• Go-on: まつ (matsu, Jōyō); まち (machi)
• Kan-on: ばつ (batsu)
• Tō-on: も (mo)
• Kun: する (suru, 抹る)

Compounds

• 抹茶(まっちゃ) (matcha): matcha, powdered green tea

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Korean

Hanja

抹 • (mal) (hangeul 말, revised mal, McCune–Reischauer mal, Yale mal)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 抹 (mạt)

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