膜

Translingual

Etymology

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

Han character

膜 (radical 130 肉+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月廿日大 (BTAK), four-corner 7423₄, composition ⿰月莫)

1. membrane
2. to kneel and worship

Related characters

• 募 墓 幕 慕
• 模

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mó, mò

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ, ㄇㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mok⁶, mou⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): mo͘h / mo̍͘h

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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, mou⁴
    • Yale: mohk, mòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mok⁹, mou⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /mɔːk̚²/, /mou̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mo͘h / mo̍͘h
    • Tâi-lô: mooh / mo̍oh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moq, moh
    • IPA (Taipei): /mɔʔ³²/, /mɔʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔʔ³²/, /mɔʔ¹²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /muo/, /mɑk̚/▼

Rime
Character	膜	膜
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	莫胡切	慕各切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muo/	/mɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/muo/	/mɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/mo/	/mɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɔ/	/mak̚/
Li Rong	/mo/	/mɑk̚/
Wang Li	/mu/	/mɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/muo/	/mɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mú	mò

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*maː/, /*maːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	膜	膜
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9245	9253
Phonetic component	莫	莫
Rime group	魚	鐸
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	模	莫
Old Chinese	/*maː/	/*maːɡ/

Definitions

膜

1. membrane, film

References

• (Cantonese) Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)

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Japanese

Kanji

膜

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

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

Compounds

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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