畝

See also: 亩

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

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

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
畝	*mɯʔ
畞	*mɯʔ

Composed of 田 (tián, “cropland”) + 十 (shí, “ten”) + 久 (jiǔ, “longlasting”).

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): mǔ (mu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mong³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mau⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): méu
• Eastern Min (BUC): mū
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǔ
    • Wade–Giles: mu³
    • Yale: mǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muu
    • Palladius: му (mu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: mong³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /moŋ⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • 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/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mū
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu³³/
• Southern Min
  • (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 (Hokkien)	/bɔ⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/mu³²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/me²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/bou⁵³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/mɔu²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: muwX

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
Baxter	muwX
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mau5

• 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

(deprecated template usage) 畝

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

Further reading

• Chinese units of measurement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

(deprecated template usage)

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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.

【うね】 [noun] a raised ridge of earth in a field [noun] rib Alternative spelling 畦

(This term, 畝, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

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

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

【せ】H [noun] se (Japanese unit of area)

(This term, 畝, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

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

Noun

畝(ほ) • (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

(deprecated template usage) 畝 (mẩu, mẫu)

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