鼏

鼏 U+2FA1A, 鼏 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2FA1A ← 鼅 [U+2FA19] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 鼖 → [U+2FA1B]

Translingual

Han character

鼏 (Kangxi radical 206, 鼎+2, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月月山中 (BBUL), four-corner 7722₇, composition ⿱冖鼎)

1. cover of tripod caldron

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1525, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48317
• Dae Jaweon: page 2061, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4741, character 2
• Unihan data for U+9F0F

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		鼏

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鼏
Spring and Autumn	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
冟	*hmjeɡ
冖	*meːɡ
冪	*meːɡ
羃	*meːɡ
濗	*meːɡ
鼏	*meːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mì (mi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mik⁶

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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/

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• Middle Chinese: mek

Rime
Character	鼏
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	鼏
Reading #	1/1
No.	9023
Phonetic component	冖
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	覓
Old Chinese	/*meːɡ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鼏

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Japanese

Kanji

鼏

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): べき (beki); みゃく (myaku)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 鼏 (mịch)

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