玫

Translingual

Han character

玫 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一土人大 (MGOK) or 難一土人大 (XMGOK), four-corner 1814₀, composition ⿰𤣩攵)

Derived characters

• 𡝺, 𭗓, 𡻶

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 728, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20874
• Dae Jaweon: page 1140, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1104, character 8
• Unihan data for U+73AB

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		玫
alternative forms		玟 㺳 𭸷 珻

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
旻	*mrɯn
旼	*mrɯn
汶	*mrɯn, *mɯn, *mɯns
忞	*mrɯn
盿	*mrɯn
枚	*mɯːl
玫	*mɯːl
玟	*mɯːl
文	*mɯn
紋	*mɯn
蚊	*mɯn
雯	*mɯn
彣	*mɯn
馼	*mɯn
鳼	*mɯn
鼤	*mɯn, *mɯns
抆	*mɯnʔ, *mɯns
紊	*mɯns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mɯːl) : semantic 𤣩 (“jade”) + phonetic 文 (OC *mɯn)

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 玫

1. type of gemstone

   歷玫階而升隩，訪金壺之盈闕。 [MSC, trad.]
   历玫阶而升隩，访金壶之盈阙。 [MSC, simp.]

   From: 南朝·宋·鮑照《觀漏賦》

   Lì méijiē ér shēngyù, fǎng jīnhú zhī yíngquè. [Pinyin]

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. Used in 玫瑰 (méigui, “rose”).

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Japanese

Kanji

玫

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: まい (mai)
• Kan-on: ばい (bai)

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Korean

Hanja

玫 (eum 매 (mae))

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Vietnamese

Han character

玫: Hán Việt readings: mai, mân, môi (莫(mạc)桮(bôi)切(thiết))
玫: Nôm readings: môi

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