禖

禖 U+7996, 禖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7996 ← 禕 [U+7995] CJK Unified Ideographs 禗 → [U+7997]

Translingual

Han character

禖 (radical 113, 示+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 戈火廿一木 (IFTMD), four-corner 3429₄, composition ⿰礻某)

1. sacrifice held to supplicate for a son

References

• KangXi: page 845, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24776
• Dae Jaweon: page 1266, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2404, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7996

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		禖

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 禖
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (某) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
某	*mɯʔ
謀	*mɯ
媒	*mɯː
煤	*mɯː
腜	*mɯː
禖	*mɯː

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méi (mei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: méi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ
    • Wade–Giles: mei²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei
    • IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mui⁴
    • Yale: mùih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /muːy̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /muʌi/▼

Rime
Character	禖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫杯切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/muoi/
Shao Rongfen	/muɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwəj/
Li Rong	/muᴀi/
Wang Li	/muɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	méi

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	禖
Reading #	1/1
No.	9280
Phonetic component	某
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	枚
Old Chinese	/*mɯː/

Definitions

禖

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Japanese

Kanji

禖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. sacrifice

Readings

• Go-on: まい (mai); め (me)
• Kan-on: ばい (bai)

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Korean

Hanja

禖 (eum 매 (mae))

1. Hanja form^? of 매 (“ancient Chinese sacrifice held to get a son”).