鋂

See also: 鎇 and 镅

鋂 U+92C2, 鋂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-92C2 ← 鋁 [U+92C1] CJK Unified Ideographs 鋃 → [U+92C3]

Translingual

Han character

鋂 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 金人田卜 (COWY), four-corner 8815₇, composition ⿰釒每)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1306, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40435
• Dae Jaweon: page 1808, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4209, character 3
• Unihan data for U+92C2

Chinese

trad.		鋂
simp.		𰾄

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

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méi (mei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴

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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/

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• Middle Chinese: mwoj

Rime
Character	鋂
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫杯切
Baxter	mwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/muoi/
Shao Rongfen	/muɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwəj/
Li Rong	/muᴀi/
Wang Li	/muɒi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/muɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	méi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mui4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鋂
Reading #	1/1
No.	9306
Phonetic component	母
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	枚
Old Chinese	/*mɯː/

Definitions

鋂

1. (historical) ringed metal collar

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 鋂 – see 萌 (“to bud; to sprout; to germinate; to begin; to start; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 萌).

Etymology 3

Chemical element
Am
Previous: 鈈／钚 (bù), 鈽／钸 (bù) (Pu)
Next: 鋦／锔 (jú) (Cm)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méi (mei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ

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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/

Definitions

鋂

1. (chemistry, Taiwan) americium

   Synonym: 鎇 / 镅 (méi) (Mainland China)

Japanese

Kanji

鋂

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ばい (bai)、まい (mai)、ぼう (bō)、みょう (myō)
• Kun: くさり (kusari)