敉

敉 U+6549, 敉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6549 ← 效 [U+6548] CJK Unified Ideographs 敊 → [U+654A]

Translingual

Han character

敉 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 火木人大 (FDOK), four-corner 9894₀, composition ⿰米攵)

1. pacify, soothe, stabilize

Derived characters

• 𨻖, 𦷥, 𩄧, 𥨺, 𥩂, 𢄞, 𢞽, 𰥼, 𧷍

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 470, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13191
• Dae Jaweon: page 1332, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1458, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6549

Chinese

Etymology 1

trad.		敉
simp. #		敉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǐ (mi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mai⁵ / mei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǐ
    • Wade–Giles: mi³
    • Yale: mǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mii
    • Palladius: ми (mi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mai⁵ / mei⁵
    • Yale: máih / méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁵ / mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mei⁵ / méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯¹³/, /mei̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: mjieX

Rime
Character	敉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	綿婢切
Baxter	mjieX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/mjɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miə̆X/
Li Rong	/mieX/
Wang Li	/mǐeX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*me[j]ʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*meʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	敉
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ mjieX ›
Old Chinese	/*me[j]ʔ/
English	achieve
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	敉
Reading #	1/1
No.	9011
Phonetic component	米
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	渳
Old Chinese	/*meʔ/

Definitions

敉

1. to soothe

Etymology 2

trad.		敉
simp. #		敉
alternative forms		尾 麵／面 咪

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mī

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mī
    • Tâi-lô: mī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mi
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /mĩ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /mĩ²²/
    • IPA (Singapore): /mi²²/

Definitions

敉

1. (Hokkien) Classifier for small objects, such as oysters, razor clams, mushrooms, and ears.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 顆 (“(classifier for oysters)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		顆
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	顆
Cantonese	Hong Kong	隻, 粒
Southern Min	Xiamen	敉
	Zhangzhou	敉
	Zhao'an	粒
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	敉
	Changhua (Yongjing)	尾
	Tainan	敉
	Tainan (Anping)	敉
	Penghu (Xiyu)	敉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	敉
	Jieyang	粒

Japanese

Kanji

敉

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): び (bi)、み (mi)、ひ (hi)
• Kun: なでる (naderu)

Korean

Hanja

敉 (eum 미 (mi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

敉: Hán Nôm readings: mễ, mị

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References

• Nom Foundation