黴

黴 U+9EF4, 黴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EF4 ← 黳 [U+9EF3] CJK Unified Ideographs 黵 → [U+9EF5]

See also: 霉

Translingual

Han character

黴 (radical 203 黑+11, 23 strokes, cangjie input 竹人山火大 (HOUFK) or X竹人山火 (XHOUF), four-corner 2824₀, composition ⿲彳⿳山一黑攵)

References

• KangXi: page 1521, character 47
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48196
• Dae Jaweon: page 2057, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 851, character 25
• Unihan data for U+9EF4

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Chinese

trad.		黴/霉
simp.		霉

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (微) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
矀	*mrɯl, *mɯl
覹	*mrɯl
黴	*mrɯl, *mɯːls
薇	*mrɯl, *mɯl
媺	*mrɯlʔ
微	*mɯl
溦	*mɯl
癓	*mɯl
徽	*hmɯl
幑	*hmɯl

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mrɯl, *mɯːls): phonetic 微 (OC *mɯl) + semantic 黑 (“black”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méi (mei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): mûi / bôe / bî / hui

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: méi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ
    • Wade-Giles: mei²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei
    • IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁴
    • Yale: mèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi
    • Tâi-lô: muî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: muii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /muĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /muĩ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bôe
    • Tâi-lô: buê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî
    • Tâi-lô: bî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi²³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hui
    • Tâi-lô: hui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hui⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /mˠiɪ/, /muʌi^H/▼

Rime
Character	黴	黴
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	Chongniu III	I
Fanqie	武悲切	莫佩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiɪ/	/muʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚi/	/muoiH/
Shao Rongfen	/miɪ/	/muɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mji/	/mwəjH/
Li Rong	/mji/	/muᴀiH/
Wang Li	/mi/	/muɒiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi/	/muɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mí	mèi

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*mrɯl/, /*mɯːls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	黴	黴
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12797	12800
Phonetic component	微	微
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	眉	妹
Old Chinese	/*mrɯl/	/*mɯːls/
Notes	今作黴

Definitions

黴

1. mould; mildew; must
2. to grow mouldy
3. (of one's face) dirty; dingy; dark

Compounds

• 土黴素／土霉素
• 康黴素／康霉素
• 新黴素／新霉素
• 氯黴素／氯霉素 (lǜméisù)
• 白黴／白霉
• 白黴素／白霉素

• 赤黴素／赤霉素 (chìméisù)
• 金黴素／金霉素
• 鉑黴素／铂霉素
• 鏈黴素／链霉素
• 青黴／青霉 (qīngméi)
• 青黴素／青霉素 (qīngméisù)

• 麴黴／曲霉 (qūméi)
• 黑黴菌／黑霉菌
• 黴菌／霉菌 (méijūn)
• 黴菌病／霉菌病
• 黴黑／霉黑
• 黴黧／霉黧

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Japanese

Kanji

黴

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: め (me), み (mi)
• Kan’on: ばい (bai), び (bi)
• On: まい (mai)
• Kun: かび (kabi), かびる (kabiru)

Noun

黴 (hiragana かび, katakana カビ, rōmaji kabi)

1. mold

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Korean

Hanja

黴 • (mi) (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune-Reischauer mi, Yale mi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: mai, mị

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References

• Nom Foundation