牧

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See also: 攼
牧 U+7267, 牧
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7267
← 牦
[U+7266] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 牨 →
[U+7268]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

牧 (Kangxi radical 93, 牛+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹手人大 (HQOK), four-corner 28540, composition ⿰牜攵)

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 698, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19950
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1110, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1803, character 19
  • Unihan data for U+7267

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
 牧

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 牧
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 牛 (“cow”) + 攴 (“a whip”) – to herd.

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Tibetan འབྲོག་པ། ('Brog pa., “herdsman; nomad; shepherd”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • muŏk - only in the sense “to heal; to cure”.
  • Min Nan
  • Wu
    • Rime
    Character 牧
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 明 (4)
    Final (韻) 東 (4)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 莫六切
    Baxter mjuwk
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/mɨuk̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/miuk̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/miuk̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/muwk̚/
    Li
    Rong         		/miuk̚/
    Wang
    Li         		/mĭuk̚/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/mi̯uk̚/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		mù
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		muk6
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 牧
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		mù
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ mjuwk ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*mək/
    English to herd, herdsman

    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 牧
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 9335
    Phonetic
    component         		牧
    Rime
    group         		職
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		目
    Old
    Chinese         		/*mɯɡ/

    Definitions[edit]

    牧

    1. to herd; to tend; to breed livestock
    2. herdsman; herder; shepherd
    3. † to govern; to rule
    4. (historical) overlord; ruler (of one of the nine ancient city states in China)
    5. Short for 畜牧業／畜牧业 (xùmùyè, “animal husbandry”).
    6. (Christianity) pastor
      聘牧  ―  pìnmù  ―  to hire a pastor
      按牧  ―  ànmù  ―  to ordain a pastor
    7. (Min Dong) to heal; to cure
    8. a surname

    Compounds[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    牧

    (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. to herd

    Readings[edit]

    Etymology 1[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    牧
    まき
    Grade: 4
    kun’yomi
    For pronunciation and definitions of 牧 – see the following entry.
    【まき】
    [noun] pasture
    [proper noun] 牧: a surname
    (This term, 牧, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

    Etymology 2[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    牧
    まき
    Grade: 4
    kun’yomi

    Proper noun[edit]

    牧(まき) • (Maki) 

    1. a surname

    Korean[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    From Middle Chinese 牧 (MC mɨuk̚). Recorded as Middle Korean 목〮 (mwók) (Yale: mwok) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

    Hanja[edit]

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    牧 (eumhun 칠 목 (chil mok))

    1. Hanja form? of 목 (“to herd”).

    Compounds[edit]

    Compounds

    References[edit]

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    牧: Hán Nôm readings: mục, mặt

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