茅

See also: 泖

Translingual

Han character

茅 (radical 140 艸+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓戈竹 (TNIH), four-corner 4422₂, composition ⿱艹矛)

1. reeds, rushes, grass
2. used as a surname

Derived characters

• 𡹰 𧍟 鶜 𧓿

References

• KangXi: page 1026, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30836
• Dae Jaweon: page 1485, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3199, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8305

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		茅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máo (mao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maau⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): hm̂ / mâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: máo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ
    • Wade-Giles: mao²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau
    • IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: maau⁴
    • Yale: màauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maau⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /mɑːu̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hm̂ / mâu
    • Tâi-lô: hm̂ / mâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hmm, maau
    • IPA (Taipei): /hm̩²⁴/, /maʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hm̩¹³/, /maʊ¹³/
    • Note: hm̂ - vernacular, mâu - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: /mˠau/▼

Rime
Character	茅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	莫交切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/mau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨw/
Li Rong	/mau/
Wang Li	/mau/
Bernard Karlgren	/mau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	máo

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*C.mˤru/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mruː/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	茅
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	máo
Middle Chinese	‹ mæw ›
Old Chinese	/*C.mˤru/
English	kind of grass; "thatch"
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	茅
Reading #	1/1
No.	8803
Phonetic component	矛
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	茅
Old Chinese	/*mruː/

Definitions

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Compounds

• 茅台酒

References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

茅

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Goon: みょう (myō)
• Kan’on: ぼう (bō)
• Kun: かや (kaya), ち (chi)

Compounds

• 茅蜩 (ひぐらし) ‎(higurashi), 茅蜩 (ぼうちょう) ‎(bōchō): evening cicada

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Korean

Hanja

茅 • ‎(mo) (hangeul 모, revised mo, McCune-Reischauer mo, Yale mo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

茅 (mao)

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