茅

See also: 泖

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𡹰 𧍟 鶜 𧓿

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		茅
simp. #		茅

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (矛) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
堥	*muː, *mu
蓩	*muːʔ, *moːɡ
猱	*ml'uː, *mljiwʔ, *ml'us
茅	*mruː
罞	*mruː, *muːŋ
蝥	*mruː, *mu, *mo, *moɡs
鶜	*mruː
瞀	*moːɡs, *mroːɡ
愗	*moːɡs
袤	*mus
雺	*mus, *mu, *muːŋ, *muːŋs
懋	*mus
楙	*mus
矛	*mu
蟊	*mu
髳	*mu, *muːŋ
鍪	*mu
鞪	*mu, *moːɡ
糅	*ml'us
腬	*ml'us, *mlju
柔	*mlju
揉	*mju
蹂	*mju, *mjuʔ, *mjus
鍒	*mju
騥	*mju
蝚	*mju
葇	*mju, *mjuʔ
鞣	*mju, *mjus
鰇	*mju
瑈	*mju
鶔	*mju
楺	*mjuʔ
煣	*mjuʔ, *mjus
輮	*mjuʔ, *mjus
韖	*mjuʔ
敄	*moʔ, *mos
務	*moɡs
鶩	*moɡs, *moːɡ
騖	*moɡs
婺	*moɡs
霚	*moɡs, *moːŋ
嵍	*moɡs
霧	*moɡs, *moːŋ
霿	*moːŋ, *moːŋs
楘	*moːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mruː) : semantic 艹 (“plant”) + phonetic 矛 (OC *mu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máo (mao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maau⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bâu / mâu / hm̂

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mao⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máo
    • Wade–Giles: mao²
    • Yale: máu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau
    • Palladius: мао (mao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: maau⁴
    • Yale: màauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mao⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâu
    • Tâi-lô: bâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baau
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bau²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mâu
    • Tâi-lô: mâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: maau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mãu²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mãu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /mãu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hm̂
    • Tâi-lô: hm̂
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hmm
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hm̩¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hm̩²³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /hm̩²⁴/

Note:

• bâu/mâu - literary;
• hm̂ - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: mao⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mâu
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mau⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: maew

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
Baxter	maew
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maau4

• 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.mˁru/
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

(deprecated template usage) 茅

1. cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica)
2. thatched cottage
3. Tao
4. clear
5. to become damaged
6. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 旄 (máo).
7. An ancient state in modern Shandong
8. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

茅

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. thatch

Readings

• Go-on: みょう (myō)
• Kan-on: ぼう (bō)^{←ばう (bau, historical)}
• Kun: かや (kaya, 茅); ち (chi, 茅); ちがや (chigaya, 茅)

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

(deprecated template usage) 茅 (mao)

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