莓

See also: 苺

莓 U+8393, 莓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8393 ← 莒 [U+8392] CJK Unified Ideographs 莔 → [U+8394]

Translingual

Han character

莓 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿人田卜 (TOWY), four-corner 4450₇, composition ⿱艹每)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1034, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31047
• Dae Jaweon: page 1493, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3220, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8393

Chinese

trad.		莓
simp. #		莓

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
脢	*mɯːs, *mɯː, *mɯːs
挴	*mlɯːʔ, *mɯːʔ
海	*hmlɯːʔ
毐	*ʔmɯː, *ʔmɯːʔ
呣	*mɯ
拇	*mɯʔ
母	*mɯʔ
胟	*mɯʔ
姆	*mɯʔ, *mɯs, *maːʔ
畮	*mɯʔ
踇	*mɯʔ
苺	*mɯs, *mɯːʔ, *mɯːs
莓	*mɯs, *mɯː, *mɯːs
敏	*mrɯʔ, *mrɯŋʔ
鰵	*mrɯŋʔ
慜	*mrɯŋʔ
毋	*ma
梅	*mɯː
酶	*mɯː
鋂	*mɯː
每	*mɯːʔ
毎	*mɯːs
痗	*mɯːs, *hmɯːs
晦	*hmɯːs
誨	*hmɯːs
悔	*hmɯːʔ, *hmɯːs
霉	*mrɯl

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méi (mei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): m̂

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhuê⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶me

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méi
    • Wade–Giles: mei²
    • Yale: méi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei
    • Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mui⁴
    • Yale: mùih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: m̂
    • Tâi-lô: m̂
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /m̩²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /m̩²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /m̩¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /m̩²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /m̩²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhuê⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bue⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶me
    • MiniDict: me^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³me
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /me²³/

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• Middle Chinese: mwoj, mwojH, mjuwH

Rime
Character	莓	莓	莓
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	灰 (42)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I	III
Fanqie	莫杯切	莫佩切	亡救切
Baxter	mwoj	mwojH	mjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muʌi/	/muʌiH/	/mɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/muoi/	/muoiH/	/miuH/
Shao Rongfen	/muɒi/	/muɒiH/	/miəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwəj/	/mwəjH/	/muwH/
Li Rong	/muᴀi/	/muᴀiH/	/miuH/
Wang Li	/muɒi/	/muɒiH/	/mĭəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑ̆i/	/muɑ̆iH/	/mi̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	méi	mèi	mòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mui4	mui6	mau6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯs/, /*mɯː/, /*mɯːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莓	莓	莓
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	9295	9303	9313
Phonetic component	母	母	母
Rime group	之	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	莓	枚	妹
Old Chinese	/*mɯs/	/*mɯː/	/*mɯːs/
Notes	說文作苺	說文作苺

Definitions

莓

1. moss
2. berry

Compounds

• 寒莓
• 木莓 (mùméi)
• 樹莓子／树莓子
• 波森莓
• 紅莓／红莓 (hóngméi)
• 花莓
• 茅莓
• 草莓 (cǎoméi)
• 莓仔
• 莓枝
• 莓苔
• 莓莓
• 莓菓／莓果
• 藍莓／蓝莓 (lánméi)
• 虎莓
• 酸莓
• 黑莓 (hēiméi)

 

References

• “莓”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

莓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. strawberry

Readings

• Go-on: まい (mai); め (me)
• Kan-on: ばい (bai)
• Kun: いちご (ichigo, 莓)

Noun

Kanji in this term
莓
いちご Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

莓(いちご) or 莓(イチゴ) • (ichigo) 

1. Alternative spelling of 苺 (“strawberry”)

Korean

Hanja

莓 • (mae) (hangeul 매, revised mae, McCune–Reischauer mae, Yale may)

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Okinawan

Kanji

莓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Kun: いちゅび (ichubi, 莓); いちゅびー (ichubī, 莓)

Noun

Kanji in this term
莓
いちゅびー Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Kanji in this term
莓
いちゅび Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

莓(いちゅび) or 莓(いちゅびー) (ichubi or ichubī) 

1. Alternative spelling of 苺 (“strawberry”)