虋

虋 U+864B, 虋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-864B ← 虊 [U+864A] CJK Unified Ideographs 虌 → [U+864C]

Translingual

Han character

虋 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+25, 31 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹月竹 (THBH), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱艹釁)

1. asparagus
2. a variety of red-stalked millet

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1072, character 56
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32664
• Dae Jaweon: page 1539, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3340, character 9
• Unihan data for U+864B

Chinese

trad.		虋
simp. #		虋
alternative forms		𥡹 穈 𧄸 𧅾

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
釁	*hmrɯns
舋	*hmrɯns
亹	*mɯlʔ, *mɯːn
斖	*mɯlʔ
虋	*mɯːn
璺	*mɯns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mén (men²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mén
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mén
    • Wade–Giles: mên²
    • Yale: mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: men
    • Palladius: мэнь (mɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mun⁴
    • Yale: mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mwon

Rime
Character	虋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫奔切
Baxter	mwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muən/
Pan Wuyun	/muon/
Shao Rongfen	/muən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwən/
Li Rong	/muən/
Wang Li	/muən/
Bernard Karlgren	/muən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mun4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	虋
Reading #	1/1
No.	13855
Phonetic component	釁
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	門
Old Chinese	/*mɯːn/

Definitions

虋

1. (obsolete) red-stalked millet