蔑
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Translingual
Han character
蔑 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 15 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 14 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿田中戈 (TWLI), four-corner 44253, composition ⿱𦭝戍 or ⿳艹罒戍)
Antonyms
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1054, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31781
- Dae Jaweon: page 1516, character 26
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3279, character 8
- Unihan data for U+8511
Chinese
| trad. | 蔑 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 蔑 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 蔑 | |
|---|---|
| Shang | Western Zhou |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 𦰋 (“person”) + 戈 (“dagger-axe”) – a weapon striking a person's lower leg — to obliterate.
𦰋 (“person”) was composed of an eye with eyebrows (now written 眉) on top of 人. The eye and eyebrows are written ⿱⻀罒 in the modern form, and 人 has combined with 戈 to form 戍.
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: miè
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄝˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: miè
- Wade–Giles: mieh4
- Yale: myè
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mieh
- Palladius: ме (me)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mi̯ɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: mit6
- Yale: miht
- Cantonese Pinyin: mit9
- Guangdong Romanization: mid6
- Sinological IPA (key): /miːt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bia̍t
- Tâi-lô: bia̍t
- Phofsit Daibuun: biat
- Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /biɛt̚⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /biɛt̚²⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɛt̚¹²¹/
- Sinological IPA (Taipei): /biɛt̚⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɛt̚⁴/
- (Hokkien)
- Middle Chinese: met
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤet/
- (Zhengzhang): /*meːd/
Definitions
蔑
- to belittle; to disdain; to despise
- to extinguish; to obliterate
- to discard
- slight; small; lowly
- nothing; none
- (of the eye) red and swollen, making one unable to see clearly
Synonyms
Compounds
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 蔑 – see 衊 (“dirty blood; to smear; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 衊). |
Notes:
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References
- “蔑”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
Readings
- Go-on: めち (mechi)
- Kan-on: べつ (betsu, Jōyō)
- Kun: さげすむ (sagesumu, 蔑む, Jōyō)、ないがしろ (naigashiro, 蔑ろ)、なみする (namisuru, 蔑する)、ない (nai)
Compounds
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 蔑 (MC met).
Recorded as Middle Korean 며ᇙ〮 (Yale: myelq) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
Recorded as Middle Korean 멸〮 (myél) (Yale: myel) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
蔑 (eumhun 업신여길 멸 (eopsinyeogil myeol))
Compounds
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]
Vietnamese
Han character
蔑: Hán Việt readings: miệt[1][2][3][4][5][6], vạt[3]
蔑: Nôm readings: miết[1][3][4][5][6][7], một[1][2][3], miệt[1][3][4], mốt[1][3], mét[1], mệt[4], mít[4], mết[7]
- chữ Nôm form of miết (“to move one's finger or palm while applying pressure”)
- chữ Nôm form of miệt (“used in miệt mài (“utterly absorbed (in something); engrossed (in)”)”)
- chữ Nôm form of mốt (“(only in compounds or fixed expressions) one; -one”)
- chữ Nôm form of một (“one”)