皿

See also: 血 and 罒

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

皿 (Kangxi 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 Dictionary: 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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǐn, mǐng (min³, ming³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˇ, ㄇㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mén
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): béng / bín

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mêng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǐn
    • Wade–Giles: min³
    • Yale: mǐn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miin
    • Palladius: минь (minʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /min²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǐng
    • Wade–Giles: ming³
    • Yale: mǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miing
    • Palladius: мин (min)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • 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/
• Southern Min
  • (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/

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• Middle Chinese: mjaengX

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
Baxter	mjaengX
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ming5

• 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

(deprecated template usage) 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).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 皿 – see 四 (“four; four directions; all directions; etc.”). (This character 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)

Pronunciation

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

Alternative spelling
盤

Noun

皿(さら) • (sara) 

1. dish, plate

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Korean

Hanja

皿 • (myeong) (hangeul 명, revised myeong, McCune–Reischauer myŏng, Yale myeng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 皿 (mãnh, mảng, mảnh, mịn)

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