鼏

鼏	U+9F0F, 鼏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F0F

← 鼎
[U+9F0E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鼐 →
[U+9F10]

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)

cover of tripod caldron

Derived characters

𤑺, 𨣯, 𧖅

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

Unihan data for U+2FA1A

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

Bronze inscriptions b10843
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

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

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *meːɡ): phonetic 冖 (OC *meːɡ, “cover”) + semantic 鼎 (“ding”)

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	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/
Bernhard 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

鼏

cover of a ding (ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid)
cloth to cover a zun (ancient Chinese vessel for alcohol)

Japanese

Kanji

鼏

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: みゃく (myaku)^{←みやく (myaku, historical)}
Kan-on: べき (beki)

Vietnamese

Han character

鼏: Hán Nôm readings: mịch

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