畝

See also: 亩

畝 U+755D, 畝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-755D ← 畜 [U+755C] CJK Unified Ideographs 畞 → [U+755E]

Translingual

Han character

畝 (radical 102, 田+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜田弓人 (YWNO), four-corner 0768₀, composition ⿰亩久)

References

• KangXi: page 761, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21815
• Dae Jaweon: page 1171, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2538, character 3
• Unihan data for U+755D

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Chinese

trad.		畝
simp.		亩
variant forms		畞 𤱑 畒 畆 畮

Glyph origin

Composed of 田 (“cropland”) + 十 (“ten”) + 久 (“longlasting”).

The 十 + 久 has been a shape change from earlier 每 (OC *mɯːʔ). (Lin Yiguang)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): mǔ (mu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ

  (Chengdu, SP): mong³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mau⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): méu
• Min Dong (BUC): mū
• Min Nan (POJ): bó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ
    • Wade–Giles: mu³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǔ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: mong³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /moŋ⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mau⁵
    • Yale: máuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: meo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐu̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: méu
    • Hakka Romanization System: meu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: meu³
    • Sinological IPA: /meu̯³¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mū
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bó͘
    • Tâi-lô: bóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔ⁴¹/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 畝
Mandarin	Beijing	/mu²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/mu²¹³/
	Tianjin	/mu¹³/
	Jinan	/mu⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/mu⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/mu⁵³/
	Xi'an	/mu⁵³/
	Xining	/mv̩⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/mu⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/mu⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/mu⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/məu⁴²/
	Chengdu	/moŋ⁵³/
	Guiyang	/moŋ⁴²/
	Kunming	/mu⁵³/
	Nanjing	/mu²¹²/
	Hefei	/mʊ²⁴/ /məŋ²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/mu⁵³/
	Pingyao	/mu⁵³/
	Hohhot	/mu⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/mɤ²³/ /m̩²³/
	Suzhou	/mɤ³¹/ /m³¹/
	Hangzhou	/mu⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/mɜ³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/mɔ³⁵/ /m̩³⁵/
	Tunxi	/mo³¹/ /miu³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/məu⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/məɯ⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/mɛu²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/meu⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/meu⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/mɐu²³/
	Nanning	/mɐu²⁴/
	Hong Kong	/mɐu¹³/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/bɔ⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/mu³²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/me²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/bou⁵³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/mɔu²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /məu^X/▼

Rime
Character	畝
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫厚切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/məuX/
Pan Wuyun	/məuX/
Shao Rongfen	/məuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məwX/
Li Rong	/muX/
Wang Li	/məuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/mə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǒu

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*məʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	畝
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ muwX ›
Old Chinese	/*məʔ/ (< *mˁoʔ ?)
English	Chinese acre
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	畝
Reading #	1/1
No.	9322
Phonetic component	畝
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	母
Old Chinese	/*mɯʔ/
Notes	畞隸變通用，廣韻右久原作又

Definitions

畝

1. mu (a Chinese measuring unit currently equivalent to 666 and 2/3 meters squared in Mainland China)
2. (Classical Chinese) cropland

Compounds

• 一畝之宮／一亩之宫
• 公畝／公亩 (gōngmǔ)
• 十畝之間／十亩之间
• 南畝／南亩 (nánmǔ)
• 地畝／地亩
• 壟畝之臣／垄亩之臣

• 市畝／市亩
• 畎畝／畎亩
• 畎畝下才／畎亩下才
• 畎畝之中／畎亩之中
• 畝丘／亩丘

• 畝把二畝／亩把二亩
• 畝把兩畝／亩把两亩
• 畝鍾／亩钟
• 英畝／英亩 (yīngmǔ)
• 隴畝／陇亩 (lǒngmǔ)

Further reading

• Chinese units of measurement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Japanese

Kanji

畝

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: む (mu); も (mo)
• Kan-on: ぼう (bō)
• Kan’yō-on: ほ (ho)
• Kun: うね (une, 畝, Jōyō); せ (se, 畝)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
畝
うね Grade: S
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 畝 – see the following entry at うね.

うね【畝・畦】 [noun]a raised ridge of earth in a field [noun]rib

(This term, 畝, is a kanji spelling of うね.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
畝
せ Grade: S
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 畝 – see the following entry at せ.

せ【畝】 [noun]se (Japanese unit of area)

(This term, 畝, is a kanji spelling of せ.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
畝
ほ Grade: S
kan’yōon

Pronunciation

• Kan’yōyomi
  • (Tokyo) ほ​ [hóꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [ho̞]

Noun

畝 (hiragana ほ, rōmaji ho)

1. mu (Chinese unit of surface area)

Usage notes

Different from the Japanese 畝 (se, “se”).

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Korean

Hanja

畝 • (mu) (hangeul 무, revised mu, McCune–Reischauer mu, Yale mu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

畝 (mẩu, mẫu)

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