膜

膜 U+819C, 膜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-819C ← 膛 [U+819B] CJK Unified Ideographs 膝 → [U+819D]

Translingual

Han character

膜 (radical 130 肉+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 月廿日大 (BTAK), four-corner 7423₄, composition ⿰月莫)

Related characters

• 募 墓 幕 慕

References

• KangXi: page 993, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29808
• Dae Jaweon: page 1444, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2100, character 13
• Unihan data for U+819C

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		膜

Glyph origin

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

Characters in the same phonetic series (莫) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
蟆	*mraː
鬕	*mraːɡs
饃	*maːl
模	*maː
摸	*maː, *maːɡ
嫫	*maː
謨	*maː
膜	*maː, *maːɡ
摹	*maː
暮	*maːɡs
慕	*maːɡs
募	*maːɡs
墓	*maːɡs
慔	*maːɡs
莫	*maːɡ
寞	*maːɡ
漠	*maːɡ
幕	*maːɡ
鏌	*maːɡ
瘼	*maːɡ
鄚	*maːɡ
瞙	*maːɡ
嗼	*maːɡ, *mraːɡ
塻	*maːɡ
貘	*mraːɡ
驀	*mraːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *maː, *maːɡ): semantic ⺼ + phonetic 莫 (OC *maːɡ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mó, mò

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ, ㄇㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mok⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): bo̍k / mo̍͘h / bo̍h / mo͘h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: mó
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ
    • Wade-Giles: mo²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mo
    • IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: mò
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ
    • Wade-Giles: mo⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh
    • IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mok⁶
    • Yale: mohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mog⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /mɔːk̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bok
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mo̍͘h
    • Tâi-lô: mo̍oh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moh
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃ʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃ʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃ʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍h
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boih
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /boʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /boʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /boʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mo͘h
    • Tâi-lô: mooh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moq
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃ʔ³²/

Note:

• bo̍k - literary;
• mo̍͘h/bo̍h/mo͘h - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: /mɑk̚/▼

Rime
Character	膜
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	慕各切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/mɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mak̚/
Li Rong	/mɑk̚/
Wang Li	/mɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/mɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mò

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*maːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	膜
Reading #	2/2
No.	9253
Phonetic component	莫
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	莫
Old Chinese	/*maːɡ/

Definitions

膜

1. membrane; film

   細胞膜 / 细胞膜  ―  xìbāomó  ―  cell membrane

   保鮮膜 / 保鲜膜  ―  bǎoxiānmó  ―  plastic wrap

   鍍鋁膜 / 镀铝膜  ―  dùlǚmó  ―  aluminum-coated polyester film

2. (physics) brane
3. small gap
4. to placate
5. Alternative form of 漠 (mò).

Compounds

Derived terms from 膜

• 保鮮膜／保鲜膜 (bǎoxiānmó)
• 側膜胎座／侧膜胎座
• 內膜／内膜 (nèimó)
• 包膜
• 口腔黏膜
• 外膜
• 孢膜
• 心內膜／心内膜
• 心內膜炎／心内膜炎
• 心外膜
• 心瓣膜
• 核膜 (hémó)
• 橫膈膜／横膈膜 (hénggémó)
• 液泡膜
• 漿膜／浆膜 (jiāngmó)
• 瓣膜 (bànmó)
• 皮膜組織／皮膜组织
• 皮裡膜外／皮里膜外
• 眼角膜 (yǎnjiǎomó)
• 硬腦膜／硬脑膜
• 笛膜
• 筋膜炎
• 細胞膜／细胞膜 (xìbāomó)
• 結膜／结膜 (jiémó)

• 結膜炎／结膜炎 (jiémóyán)
• 網膜／网膜 (wǎngmó)
• 網膜剝離／网膜剥离
• 羊膜 (yángmó)
• 羊膜穿刺 (yángmó chuāncì)
• 羊膜類／羊膜类
• 耳膜 (ěrmó)
• 肋膜
• 肋膜炎
• 肌膜
• 肺膜
• 胎膜 (tāimó)
• 胸膜 (xiōngmó)
• 胸膜炎 (xiōngmóyán)
• 脈絡膜／脉络膜 (màiluòmó)
• 腦膜／脑膜 (nǎomó)
• 腦膜炎／脑膜炎 (nǎomóyán)
• 腸繫膜／肠系膜
• 腹膜 (fùmó)
• 腹膜炎 (fùmóyán)
• 膈膜 (gémó)
• 膜外
• 膜外概置

• 膜孔
• 膜翅類／膜翅类
• 膜鳴樂器／膜鸣乐器
• 薄膜 (bómó)
• 處女膜／处女膜 (chǔnǚmó)
• 虹彩膜
• 虹膜 (hóngmó)
• 蠟膜／蜡膜
• 視網膜／视网膜 (shìwǎngmó)
• 角膜 (jiǎomó)
• 角膜炎 (jiǎomóyán)
• 豬心瓣膜／猪心瓣膜
• 透性膜
• 隔膜 (gémó)
• 鞏膜／巩膜 (gǒngmó)
• 頰黏膜／颊黏膜
• 骨膜
• 骨膜炎
• 髓膜炎
• 黏膜 (niánmó)
• 鼓膜 (gǔmó)
• 鼓膜炎
• 鼻黏膜

Etymology 2

Clipping of of 南膜 (MC nʌm muo), which is from Sanskrit नमस् (namas, “bow; obeisance; salutation”). Compare 南無.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mó (mo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mó
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ
    • Wade-Giles: mo²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mo
    • IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴
    • Yale: mòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /muo/▼

Rime
Character	膜
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫胡切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muo/
Pan Wuyun	/muo/
Shao Rongfen	/mo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɔ/
Li Rong	/mo/
Wang Li	/mu/
Bernard Karlgren	/muo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mú

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*maː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	膜
Reading #	1/2
No.	9245
Phonetic component	莫
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	模
Old Chinese	/*maː/

Definitions

膜

1. Short for 膜拜 (móbài, “to prostrate oneself in worship”).

Compounds

Derived terms from 膜

• 膜蛤 (móhá)

• 頂禮膜拜／顶礼膜拜

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Japanese

Kanji

膜

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. membrane; film

Readings

• Goon: まく (maku, Jōyō); も (mo)
• Kan’on: ばく (baku); ぼ (bo)
• Kun: うすかわ (usukawa)

Compounds

• 葡萄膜 (ぶどうまく) (budōmaku): uvea

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Korean

Hanja

膜 • (mak, mo) (hangeul 막, 모, revised mak, mo, McCune-Reischauer mak, mo, Yale mak, mo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

膜 (màng, mô)

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