蓂

蓂	U+84C2, 蓂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-84C2

← 蓁
[U+84C1]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蓃 →
[U+84C3]

Translingual

Han character

蓂 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿月日金 (TBAC), four-corner 4480₀, composition ⿱艹冥 or ⿱𫇦昗)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1050, character 31
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31640
Dae Jaweon: page 1512, character 12
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3272, character 3
Unihan data for U+84C2

Chinese

trad.		蓂
simp. ^#		蓂

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
瞑	meːn, meːns, *meːŋ
嫇	mreːŋ, meːŋ, *meːŋʔ
慏	*meŋʔ
冥	*meːŋ
榠	*meːŋ
鄍	*meːŋ
溟	meːŋ, meːŋʔ
螟	*meːŋ
猽	*meːŋ
蓂	meːŋ, meːɡ
覭	meːŋ, meːɡ
暝	meːŋ, meːŋs
幎	*meːɡ
幂	*meːɡ
塓	*meːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *meːŋ, *meːɡ): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 冥 (OC *meːŋ)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míng (ming²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ / ming⁵
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ming²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: míng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: míng
  - Wade–Giles: ming²
  - Yale: míng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ming
  - Palladius: мин (min)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ming⁴ / ming⁵
  - Yale: mìhng / míhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ / ming⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ / ming⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹/, /mɪŋ¹³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ming²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: míng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ming²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ²⁴/

Middle Chinese: meng

Rime
Character	蓂
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	莫經切
Baxter	meng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/meŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/meŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/mɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/meŋ/
Wang Li	/mieŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	míng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ming⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*meːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蓂
Reading #	1/2
No.	9203
Phonetic component	冥
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	冥
Old Chinese	/*meːŋ/

Definitions

蓂

used in 蓂莢／蓂荚 (“lucky plant”)

Compounds

堯蓂 / 尧蓂
堯階蓂莢 / 尧阶蓂荚
蓂莢 / 蓂荚

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mì (mi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mik⁶

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/

Middle Chinese: mek

Rime
Character	蓂
Reading #	2/2
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/miek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mik⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*meːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蓂
Reading #	2/2
No.	9213
Phonetic component	冥
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	覓
Old Chinese	/*meːɡ/

Definitions

蓂

used in 菥蓂

References

莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “蓂”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 159.

Japanese

Kanji

蓂

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): めい (mei)、みょう (myō)、べき (beki)

Korean

Hanja

蓂 • (myeong) (hangeul 명, revised myeong, McCune–Reischauer myŏng, Yale myeng)

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