酶

Translingual

Han character

酶 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一田人田卜 (MWOWY), four-corner 1865₇, composition ⿰酉每)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1283, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39869
• Dae Jaweon: page 1783, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3584, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9176

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Chinese

trad.		酶
simp. #		酶

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): mûi / bôe

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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: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi
    • Tâi-lô: muî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: muii
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /muĩ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bôe
    • Tâi-lô: buê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue¹³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	酶
Reading #	1/1
No.	9304
Phonetic component	母
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	枚
Old Chinese	/*mɯː/
Notes	正體從米，周禮作媒

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 酶

1. (biochemistry) enzyme

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Japanese

Kanji

酶

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ばい (bai); め (me)
• Kun: さけのもと (sakenomoto); さかだね (sakadane)

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Korean

Hanja

酶 (eum 매 (mae))

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Vietnamese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 酉 (“wine”) + phonetic 每 (mỗi)

Han character

酶: Hán Việt readings: môi (謀(mưu)杯(bôi)切(thiết))
酶: Nôm readings: muối

1. Nôm form of muối (“salt”).