茗

Translingual

Han character

茗 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 10 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 9 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿弓戈口 (TNIR), four-corner 4460₇, composition ⿱艹名)

Derived characters

• 𨪓

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1027, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30864
• Dae Jaweon: page 1486, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3208, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8317

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Chinese

trad.		茗
simp. #		茗
alternative forms		榠 ⿱䒑名

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
名	*meŋ
洺	*meŋ
眳	*meŋʔ, *meːŋʔ
詺	*meŋs
銘	*meːŋ
茗	*meːŋʔ
酩	*meːŋʔ
姳	*meːŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *meːŋʔ) : semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 名 (OC *meŋ).

Etymology

Likely from Austroasiatic. Compare Palaungic မျံမ် (miəm), Danau miːn², Lamet mɪːŋ, Mlabri miʌŋ, Mal mhiaŋ, Nyah Kur mìəm, Thai เมี่ยง (mîiang), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾᩮᩥ᩠᩶ᨿᨦ, Lao ໝ້ຽງ (mīang).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míng, mǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ, ㄇㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁵ / ming⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míng
    • Wade–Giles: ming²
    • Yale: míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ming
    • Palladius: мин (min)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǐng
    • Wade–Giles: ming³
    • Yale: mǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miing
    • Palladius: мин (min)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ming⁵ / ming⁴
    • Yale: míhng / mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁵ / ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁵ / ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ¹³/, /mɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng
    • Tâi-lô: bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: beeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: mengX

Rime
Character	茗
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	莫迥切
Baxter	mengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/meŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/meŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/mɛŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɛjŋX/
Li Rong	/meŋX/
Wang Li	/mieŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/mieŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǐng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ming5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*meːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	茗
Reading #	1/1
No.	9183
Phonetic component	名
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	茗
Old Chinese	/*meːŋʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 茗

1. tea buds
2. late-picked tea
3. (in general) tea plant
4. tea (drink)
5. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 酩 (mǐng).
6. a surname

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 茶 (“tea (drink)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		茶, 檟, 蔎, 茗, 荈
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		茶
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	茶
	Taiwan	茶
	Harbin	茶
	Malaysia	茶
	Singapore	茶
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	茶
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	茶
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	茶
	Wanrong	茶
	Xi'an	茶
	Xining	茶
	Xuzhou	茶, 茶葉茶
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	茶
	Lanzhou	茶
	Ürümqi	茶
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	茶
	Wuhan	茶
	Guiyang	茶
	Guilin	茶
	Liuzhou	茶
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	茶
	Yangzhou	茶, 茶葉茶
	Nantong	茶葉茶
	Hefei	茶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	茶
	Hong Kong	茶
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	夷茶
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	茶
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	茶葉茶
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	茶葉茶
	Macau	茶
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	茶
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	茶
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	茶
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	茶
	Foshan	茶
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	茶
	Foshan (Shunde)	茶
	Foshan (Sanshui)	茶
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	茶
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	茶
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	茶
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	茶
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	茶
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	茶
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	茶
	Taishan	茶
	Kaiping (Chikan)	茶
	Enping (Niujiang)	茶
	Heshan (Yayao)	茶
	Dongguan	茶
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	茶
	Yangjiang	茶
	Beihai	茶
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	茶
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	茶
	Singapore (Guangfu)	茶
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	茶
Gan	Nanchang	茶, 茶葉茶
	Lichuan	茶
	Pingxiang	茶
Hakka	Meixian	茶
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	茶
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	茶
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	茶
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	茶
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	茶
	Yudu	茶
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	茶
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	茶
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	茶
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	茶
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	茶
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	茶
	Hong Kong	茶葉茶
	Senai (Huiyang)	茶
Huizhou	Jixi	茶
Jin	Taiyuan	茶
Northern Min	Jian'ou	茶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	茶
	Fuqing	茶
	Matsu	茶
	Singapore (Fuqing)	茶
Southern Min	Xiamen	茶
	Quanzhou	茶
	Zhangzhou	茶
	Taipei	茶
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	茶
	Kaohsiung	茶
	Yilan	茶
	Changhua (Lukang)	茶
	Taichung	茶
	Tainan	茶
	Hsinchu	茶
	Kinmen	茶
	Penghu (Magong)	茶
	Penang (Hokkien)	茶
	Singapore (Hokkien)	茶
	Manila (Hokkien)	茶
	Chaozhou	茶
	Shantou	茶
	Shantou (Chenghai)	茶
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	茶
	Jieyang	茶
	Haifeng	茶
	Bangkok (Teochew)	茶
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	茶
	Singapore (Teochew)	茶
	Pontianak (Teochew)	茶
	Leizhou	茶
	Wenchang	茶
	Haikou	茶
	Singapore (Hainanese)	茶
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	茶
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	茶
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	茶
Wu	Shanghai	茶葉茶
	Shanghai (Chongming)	茶葉茶
	Suzhou	茶, 茶葉茶
	Danyang	茶, 茶葉茶
	Hangzhou	茶
	Ningbo	茶, 茶葉茶
	Wenzhou	茶, 茶葉茶
	Jinhua	茶
Xiang	Changsha	茶, 茶葉茶
	Loudi	茶
	Shuangfeng	茶

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

茗

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. tea, the tea plant

Readings

• Go-on: みょう (myō)^{←みやう (myau, historical)}
• Kan-on: めい (mei)
• Kun: ちゃ (cha, 茗)

Compounds

• 茗荷(みょうが) (myōga): myoga or Japanese ginger (Zingiber mioga); a dimwit, an idiot, a stupid person; a kind of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”)

 

Etymology

Kanji in this term
茗
めい Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

/mjau/ → /mjɔː/ → /mjoː/

From Middle Chinese 茗 (MC mengX).

Noun

茗(めい) • (mei) 

1. tea, especially tea picked later in the season

Synonyms

• 茶(ちゃ) (cha) (especially tea picked earlier in the season)

Derived terms

Terms derived from 茗(めい) (mei):

• 新茗(しんめい) (shinmei): newly-sprouted leaves of tea, tea made from newly-sprouted leaves of tea
• 苦茗(くめい) (kumei): bitter tea
• 茗器(めいき) (meiki): teaware
• 茗園(めいえん) (meien): tea plantation
• 茗醼(めいえん) (meien), 茗宴(めいえん) (meien): tea party

 

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja

茗 • (myeong) (hangeul 명, revised myeong, McCune–Reischauer myŏng, Yale myeng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

茗: Hán Việt readings: dính, minh
茗: Nôm readings: dính, rểnh, tranh

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