昧

See also: 味 and 眛

昧 U+6627, 昧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6627 ← 昦 [U+6626] CJK Unified Ideographs 昨 → [U+6628]

Translingual

Han character

昧 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 日十木 (AJD), four-corner 6509₀, composition ⿰日未)

Derived characters

• 𮦠

References

• KangXi: page 493, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13846
• Dae Jaweon: page 857, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1497, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6627

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		昧

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
寐	*mids
魅	*mrɯds
鬽	*mrɯds
昧	*mɯːds
妹	*mɯːds
眛	*maːds, *mɯːds
沬	*maːds, *hmɯːds, *mɯds
未	*mɯds
味	*mɯds
鮇	*mɯds
菋	*mɯds

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mèi (mei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mi
• Min Dong (BUC): muôi
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): bōe / mūi / māi / bī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): muê⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mey
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mèi
    • Wade–Giles: mei4
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mui⁶
    • Yale: muih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mui⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːy̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mi
    • Hakka Romanization System: mi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /mi⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: muôi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mui²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōe
    • Tâi-lô: buē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boe
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bue²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bue⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mūi
    • Tâi-lô: muī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mui
    • IPA (Xiamen): /muĩ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: māi
    • Tâi-lô: māi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mai
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /mãi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mãi²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī
    • Tâi-lô: bī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bi²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: muê⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: muĕ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mue³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /muʌi^H/

Rime
Character	昧
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫佩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/muoiH/
Shao Rongfen	/muɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwəjH/
Li Rong	/muᴀiH/
Wang Li	/muɒiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mui6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤ[u][t]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	昧
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mèi
Middle Chinese	‹ mwojH ›
Old Chinese	/*mˁ[u][t]-s/
English	dusk; dark
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	昧
Reading #	1/1
No.	12913
Phonetic component	未
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	妹
Old Chinese	/*mɯːds/

Definitions

昧

1. ignorant; stupid; foolish
2. to hide away; to conceal
3. (literary) dark; gloomy
4. (literary) to venture; to risk
5. ^† to violate
6. ^† to covet; to be greedy for
7. An ancient type of music in eastern tribes in ancient China.
8. A star.

Compounds

• 一昧 (yīmèi)
• 一行三昧
• 三昧 (sānmèi)
• 三昧真火
• 不揣冒昧 (bùchuǎimàomèi)
• 個中三昧／个中三昧
• 兼弱攻昧
• 冒昧 (màomèi)
• 冒昧從事／冒昧从事
• 冥昧
• 夷昧
• 幽昧
• 得其三昧
• 念佛三昧
• 愚昧 (yúmèi)
• 愚昧無知／愚昧无知
• 拾金不昧 (shíjīnbùmèi)
• 昏昧
• 昧下
• 昧信
• 昧地瞞天／昧地瞒天
• 昧地謾天／昧地谩天

• 昧己瞞心／昧己瞒心
• 昧心
• 昧心取利
• 昧心錢／昧心钱
• 昧旦 (mèidàn)
• 昧旦晨興／昧旦晨兴
• 昧昧
• 昧死
• 昧死以聞／昧死以闻
• 昧沒／昧没
• 昧爽
• 昧理
• 昧良心
• 昧行
• 昧谷
• 晦昧
• 晻昧／暗昧
• 暗昧 (ànmèi)
• 曖昧／暧昧 (àimèi)
• 朦昧執迷／朦昧执迷
• 檮昧／梼昧
• 沖昧／冲昧

• 法華三昧／法华三昧
• 濛昧／蒙昧
• 濛昧不清／蒙昧不清
• 瞞天昧地／瞒天昧地
• 瞞心昧己／瞒心昧己
• 瞞昧／瞒昧
• 矇昧／蒙昧
• 禍來神昧／祸来神昧
• 素昧平生
• 素昧生平
• 聳昧／耸昧
• 至誠無昧／至诚无昧
• 般舟三昧
• 若昧平生
• 茫昧
• 草昧 (cǎomèi)
• 蒙昧 (méngmèi)
• 蒙昧無知／蒙昧无知
• 謾天昧地／谩天昧地
• 貪昧／贪昧
• 遊戲三昧／游戏三昧

Descendants

• → Proto-Tai: *mɯːtᴰ
  • Thai: มืด (mʉ̂ʉt, “dark”)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěn (wen³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woen
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔn
    • Wade–Giles: wên3
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən²¹⁴/

Definitions

昧

1. ^† to cut; to sever

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mò (mo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mò
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mò
    • Wade–Giles: mo4
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mwɔ⁵¹/

Definitions

昧

1. ^† Used in person's names.

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Japanese

Kanji

昧

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. dark
2. foolish

Readings

• Go-on: まい (mai, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ばい (bai)
• Kun: くらい (kurai, 昧い); むさぼる (musaboru, 昧る)

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Korean

Hanja

昧 • (mae) (hangeul 매, revised mae, McCune–Reischauer mae, Yale may)

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Vietnamese

Han character

昧: Hán Nôm readings: muội, mội

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