皿

See also: 血 and 罒

皿 U+76BF, 皿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76BF ← 皾 [U+76BE] CJK Unified Ideographs 盀 → [U+76C0]

⽫ U+2F6B, ⽫ KANGXI RADICAL DISH ← ⽪ [U+2F6A] Kangxi Radicals ⽬ → [U+2F6C]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

皿 (radical 108, 皿+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 月廿 (BT), four-corner 7710₀, composition ⿴𠀃⿰丨丨)

1. Kangxi radical #108, ⽫.

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/皿

References

• KangXi: page 792, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22941
• Dae Jaweon: page 1207, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2557, character 1
• Unihan data for U+76BF

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		皿

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 皿
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
猛	*mraːŋʔ
艋	*mraːŋʔ
蜢	*mraːŋʔ
皿	*maŋʔ
孟	*mraːŋs

Pictogram (象形) A pictograph of an empty container, such as a chalice. The handles are conjoined in the modern form.

Etymology 1

Compare Proto-Vietic *ɓəm (“tray”), whence Vietnamese mâm (“food tray”) (Bodman, 1980).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǐn, mǐng (min³, ming³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˇ, ㄇㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mén
• Jin (Wiktionary): ming²
• Min Bei (KCR): měng
• Min Dong (BUC): mīng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): béng / bín

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mêng²

• Wu (Wiktionary): min (T3)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): min³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: mǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˇ
    • Wade–Giles: min3
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miin
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǐn
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /min²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Pinyin: mǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˇ
    • Wade–Giles: ming3
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miing
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǐng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁵
    • Yale: míhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mén
    • Hakka Romanization System: men`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: men³
    • Sinological IPA: /men³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ming²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /mĩŋ⁵³/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: měng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meiŋ²¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mīng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: béng
    • Tâi-lô: bíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: beang
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /biɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bín
    • Tâi-lô: bín
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bien
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bin⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bin⁵³/

Note:

• béng - literary;
• bín - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: mêng²
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: méng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meŋ⁵²/

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: min (T3)
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪɲ²³/

Xiang

• (Changsha)
  • Wiktionary: min³
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /min⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /mˠiæŋ^X/

Rime
Character	皿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	武永切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiæŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚiaŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/miaŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miajŋX/
Li Rong	/miɐŋX/
Wang Li	/mĭɐŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ɐŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǐng

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mraŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*maŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	皿
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mǐn
Middle Chinese	‹ mjængX ›
Old Chinese	/*mraŋʔ/
English	vessel, bowl
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	皿
Reading #	1/1
No.	9151
Phonetic component	皿
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	皿
Old Chinese	/*maŋʔ/

Definitions

皿

1. dish; vessel

   培養皿 / 培养皿  ―  péiyǎngmǐn  ―  Petri dish

Usage notes

• As a component of other characters, 皿 can be referred to as 皿字底 (mǐnzìdǐ) or 皿墩兒／皿墩儿 (mǐndūnr).

Compounds

• 北皿
• 南皿
• 器皿 (qìmǐn)
• 培養皿／培养皿 (péiyǎngmǐn)

• 皿卷
• 皿器
• 皿字底 (mǐnzìdǐ)

• 皿金
• 美耐皿
• 金皿

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 皿 – see 四 (“four; la; etc.”). (This character, 皿, is a variant form of 四.)

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Japanese

Kanji

皿

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On (unclassified): べい (bei); みょう (myō)
• Kun: さら (sara, 皿, Jōyō)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
皿
さら Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
盤

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) さら [sàrá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠ɾa̠]

Noun

皿(さら) • (sara) 

1. dish, plate

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Korean

Hanja

皿 (eumhun 그릇 명 (geureut myeong))

1. Hanja form^? of 명 (“dish”).

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Vietnamese

Han character

皿: Hán Nôm readings: mãnh, mảng, mảnh, mịn

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