澪

澪 U+6FAA, 澪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6FAA ← 澩 [U+6FA9] CJK Unified Ideographs 澫 → [U+6FAB]

Translingual

Han character

澪 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 水一月戈 (EMBI) or 難水一月戈 (XEMBI), four-corner 3113₇, composition ⿰氵零)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 653, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18398
• Dae Jaweon: page 1063, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1754, character 12
• Unihan data for U+6FAA

Chinese

trad.		澪
simp. #		澪

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
令	*ren, *reŋ, *reŋs, *reːŋ, *reːŋs
怜	*riːn, *reːŋ
零	*riːŋ, *reːŋ, *reːŋs
魿	*ɡriŋ, *reːŋ
命	*mreŋs
冷	*raːŋʔ, *reːŋ, *reːŋʔ
跉	*reŋ, *reːŋ
嶺	*reŋʔ
領	*reŋʔ
阾	*reŋʔ, *reːŋ
柃	*reŋʔ, *reːŋ
袊	*reŋʔ
詅	*reŋs, *reːŋ
旍	*ʔsleŋ
舲	*reːŋ
齡	*reːŋ
囹	*reːŋ
鴒	*reːŋ
蛉	*reːŋ
鈴	*reːŋ
苓	*reːŋ
伶	*reːŋ
泠	*reːŋ
瓴	*reːŋ
拎	*reːŋ
刢	*reːŋ
玲	*reːŋ
聆	*reːŋ
竛	*reːŋ
軨	*reːŋ
笭	*reːŋ, *reːŋʔ
翎	*reːŋ
閝	*reːŋ
鹷	*reːŋ
昤	*reːŋ
駖	*reːŋ
彾	*reːŋ
呤	*reːŋ
狑	*reːŋ
秢	*reːŋ
岭	*reːŋ
紷	*reːŋ
砱	*reːŋ
羚	*reːŋ
姈	*reːŋ
蕶	*reːŋ
澪	*reːŋ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): líng (ling²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: líng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: líng
    • Wade–Giles: ling²
    • Yale: líng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ling
    • Palladius: лин (lin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ling⁴
    • Yale: lìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: leng

Rime
Character	澪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	郎丁切
Baxter	leng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/leŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/leŋ/
Wang Li	/lieŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	líng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ling4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	澪
Reading #	1/1
No.	8328
Phonetic component	令
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	靈
Old Chinese	/*reːŋ/

Definitions

澪

1. The name of a body of water.
2. alternative form of 泠 (líng)

Compounds

• 澪渠

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C06468

Japanese

Kanji

澪

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: りょう (ryō)^{←りやう (ryau, historical)}
• Kan-on: れい (rei)
• Tō-on: りん (rin)
• Kun: みお (mio, 澪)^{←みを (miwo, 澪, historical)}
• Nanori: み (mi)、みほ (miho)、みよ (miyo)、り (ri)、れ (re)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
澪
みお Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
水尾 水脈

⟨mi₁ wo⟩ → */mʲiwo/ → /miwo/ → /mio/

From Old Japanese.

Derived as a compound of 水 (mi, ancient combining form of 水 (mizu), “water”) +‎ 緒 (wo → o, “cord; something long and continuing”, likely cognate with 尾 (o, “tail”) from the sense of “something long and continuing from the end of the main body”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みお [mìó] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) みお [míꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [mʲio̞]

Noun

澪(みお) • (mio) ^{←みを (miwo)?}

1. a waterway, more specifically, a navigable channel
   • 905, Kokin Wakashū (book 17, poem 882)

     天(あま)の河(かは)雲(くも)のみをにてはやければ光(ひかり)とどめず月(つき)ぞ流(なが)るる

     ama no kawa kumo no mio ni te hayakereba hikari todomezu tsuki zo nagaruru

     (please add an English translation of this example)

2. a wake (path left behind by a passing ship on the water's surface)

   Synonym: 航跡 (kōseki)

Derived terms

• 澪(みお)木(ぎ) (miogi)
• 澪杙(みおぐい), 澪杭(みおぐい) (miogui)
• 澪浚(みおさら)え (miosarae)
• 澪(みお)標(じるし) (miojirushi)
• 澪筋(みおすじ) (miosuji)
• 澪標(みおつくし) (miotsukushi)
• 澪(みお)引(び)く (miobiku)
• 雲(くも)の澪(みお) (kumo no mio)

Proper noun

澪(みお) • (Mio) ^{←みを (Miwo)?}

1. a female given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
澪
れい Jinmeiyō
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 澪 (MC leng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ː]

Affix

澪(れい) • (rei) 

1. waterway, channel

Derived terms

• 澪(れい)標(ひょう) (reihyō, “channel-mark”)
• 作(さく)澪(れい) (sakurei)

Proper noun

澪(れい) • (Rei) 

1. a female given name

References

• “^▲澪”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [jʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [영]

Hanja

澪 (eumhun 물 이름 영 (mul ireum yeong))

澪 (eumhun 물 이름 령 (mul ireum ryeong), word-initial (South Korea) 물 이름 영 (mul ireum yeong))

1. hanja form^? of 령/영 (“name of a waterway, waterway, channel”)

Old Japanese

Alternative forms

• 水尾

Etymology

Originally a compound of 水 (mi₁, ancient combining form of 水 (mi₁du), “water”) +‎ 緒 (wo, “cord; something long and continuing”, likely cognate with 尾 (wo, “tail”) from the sense of “something long and continuing from the end of the main body”).

Noun

澪 (mi₁wo) (kana みを)

1. a waterway, more specifically, a navigable channel
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 12, poem 3014:
     , here

     神山之山下響逝水之水尾不絶者後毛吾妻

     Miwa-yama no₂ yamasita to₂yo₂mi₁ yuku kapami₁du no₂ mi₁wo tayezu pa no₂ti mo waga tuma

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• 澪標 (mi₁wotukusi)

Descendants

• Japanese: 澪, 水尾, 水脈 (mio)