覓

See also: 觅

Translingual

Han character

覓 (Kangxi radical 147, 見+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月月山山 (BBUU), four-corner 2021₆, composition ⿱爫見)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1134, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34815
• Dae Jaweon: page 1600, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3665, character 15
• Unihan data for U+8993

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Chinese

trad.		覓
simp.		觅
alternative forms		覔／觅

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
覓	*meːɡ
漞	*meːɡ

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mì (mi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mik⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bia̍k / be̍k / ba̍h / bā / bāi / māi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mig⁸ / cuê⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mì
    • Wade–Giles: mi⁴
    • Yale: mì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih
    • Palladius: ми (mi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mik⁶
    • Yale: mihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: bia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: be̍k
    • Tâi-lô: bi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪk̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍h
    • Tâi-lô: ba̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bah
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /baʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /baʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bā
    • Tâi-lô: bā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ba
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ba³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ba²²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bāi
    • Tâi-lô: bāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bai²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /bai³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: māi
    • Tâi-lô: māi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mai
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /mãi³³/

Note:

• bia̍k/be̍k - literary;
• ba̍h/bā/bāi - vernacular;
• māi - 𥌚 is used in the Mainland.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: mig⁸ / cuê⁷
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mi̍k / tshuē
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mik̚⁴/, /t͡sʰue¹¹/

Note: cuê7 - semantic (original character is 揣).

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• Middle Chinese: mek

Rime
Character	覓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	錫 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	莫狄切
Baxter	mek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/mɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/mek̚/
Wang Li	/miek̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/miek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mik6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*meːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	覓
Reading #	1/1
No.	9026
Phonetic component	覓
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	覓
Old Chinese	/*meːɡ/
Notes	集韻同覛

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 覓

1. to hunt for; to search for; to seek

Synonyms

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• 參訪／参访 (cānfǎng) (literary)
• 尋摸／寻摸 (xúnmō) (literary or colloquial)
• 尋求／寻求 (xúnqiú)
• 探求 (tànqiú)
• 搜 (sōu)
• 求 (qiú)
• 求思 (qiúsī) (literary)
• 熱衷／热衷 (rèzhōng)
• 牟取 (móuqǔ) (usually illegally)
• 獵取／猎取 (lièqǔ)
• 考究
• 訪查／访查 (fǎngchá) (literary)
• 謀取／谋取 (móuqǔ)
• 謀求／谋求 (móuqiú)
• 講求／讲求 (jiǎngqiú)
• 講究／讲究 (jiǎngjiu)
• 追求 (zhuīqiú)
• 追逐 (zhuīzhú)

 

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Japanese

Kanji

覓

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): べき (beki)
• Kun: もとめる (motomeru, 覓める)

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Korean

Hanja

覓 • (myeok) (hangeul 멱, revised myeok, McCune–Reischauer myŏk, Yale myek)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 覓 (mạch, mích, mịch)

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