塺

塺 U+587A, 塺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-587A ← 塹 [U+5879] CJK Unified Ideographs 塻 → [U+587B]

Translingual

Han character

塺 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 戈木土 (IDG), four-corner 0021₄, composition ⿸麻土)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 237, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5397
• Dae Jaweon: page 475, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 481, character 12
• Unihan data for U+587A

Chinese

trad.		塺
simp. #		塺

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
麻	*mraːl
痲	*mraːl
犘	*mraːl
縻	*mral
醿	*mral
爢	*mral
蘼	*mral, *mralʔ, *mrɯl
靡	*mralʔ
摩	*maːl, *maːls
魔	*maːl
磨	*maːl, *maːls
劘	*maːl
麽	*maːl
麼	*maːlʔ
塺	*maːls, *mɯːl
麾	*hmral

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méi (mei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴ / mo⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méi
    • Wade–Giles: mei²
    • Yale: méi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei
    • Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mui⁴ / mo⁶
    • Yale: mùih / moh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴ / mo⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴ / mo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²¹/, /mɔː²²/

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• Middle Chinese: mwoj, maH

Rime
Character	塺	塺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	莫杯切	摸卧切
Baxter	mwoj	maH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muʌi/	/muɑH/
Pan Wuyun	/muoi/	/muɑH/
Shao Rongfen	/muɒi/	/muɑH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwəj/	/mwaH/
Li Rong	/muᴀi/	/muɑH/
Wang Li	/muɒi/	/muɑH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/muɑ̆i/	/muɑH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	méi	mò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mui4	mo6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤaj-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*maːls/, /*mɯːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	塺
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mò
Middle Chinese	‹ maH ›
Old Chinese	/*mˁaj-s/
English	dust
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	塺	塺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8712	8713
Phonetic component	麻	麻
Rime group	歌	微
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime		枚
Old Chinese	/*maːls/	/*mɯːl/

Definitions

塺

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References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 88

Japanese

Kanji

塺

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ばい (bai)、め (me)、ば (ba)、ま (ma)
• Kun: ちり (chiri)