描

Translingual

Han character

描 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手廿田 (QTW), four-corner 5406₀, composition ⿰扌苗)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 441, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12339
• Dae Jaweon: page 792, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1892, character 3
• Unihan data for U+63CF

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Chinese

trad.		描
simp. #		描

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
貓	*mreːw, *mrew
描	*mreːw, *mrew
媌	*mreːw, *mreːwʔ
緢	*mreːwʔ, *mreːws, *mrew
苗	*mrew
猫	*mrew
庿	*mrews

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miáo (miao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): miu⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): biâu / biô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miáo
    • Wade–Giles: miao²
    • Yale: myáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miau
    • Palladius: мяо (mjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: miu⁴
    • Yale: mìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: miu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: miu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biâu / biô
    • Tâi-lô: biâu / biô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biaau, biooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biau²⁴/, /bio²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biau²⁴/, /bio²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biau¹³/, /bio¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biau²⁴/, /bio²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biau²³/, /biɤ²³/

Note:

• biâu - literary;
• biô - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: mjew, maew

Rime
Character	描	描
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	武瀌切	莫交切
Baxter	mjew	maew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiᴇu/	/mˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚiɛu/	/mᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/miæu/	/mau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miaw/	/maɨw/
Li Rong	/mjɛu/	/mau/
Wang Li	/mĭɛu/	/mau/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛu/	/mau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	miáo	máo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	miu4	maau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mreːw/, /*mrew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	描	描
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9102	9107
Phonetic component	苗	苗
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	茅	苗
Old Chinese	/*mreːw/	/*mrew/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 描

1. to copy; to trace; to sketch
2. to depict; to describe

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Japanese

Kanji

描

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: みょう (myō)
• Kan-on: びょう (byō, Jōyō)
• Kun: えがく (egaku, 描く, Jōyō); かく (kaku, 描く, Jōyō); かき (kaki)

Compounds

• 描(えが)く (egaku)

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Korean

Hanja

描 • (myo) (hangeul 묘, revised myo, McCune–Reischauer myo, Yale myo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 描 (miêu)

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