昧

See also: 味

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 Dictionary: 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
• Southern Min

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

  (Teochew, Peng'im): muê⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mèi
    • Wade–Giles: mei⁴
    • Yale: mèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mey
    • Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mui⁶
    • Yale: muih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mui⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (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: mwojH

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
Baxter	mwojH
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

(deprecated template usage) 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.

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěn (wen³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˇ

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

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 昧

1. ^† to cut; to sever

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mò (mo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ

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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/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 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

(deprecated template usage) 昧 (muội, mội)

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