脢

脢 U+8122, 脢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8122 ← 脡 [U+8121] CJK Unified Ideographs 脣 → [U+8123]

Translingual

Han character

脢 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月人田卜 (BOWY), four-corner 7825₇, composition ⿰月每)

1. flesh

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 983, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29525
• Dae Jaweon: page 1436, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2078, character 13
• Unihan data for U+8122

Chinese

trad.		脢
simp. #		脢

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
脢	*mɯːs, *mɯː, *mɯːs
挴	*mlɯːʔ, *mɯːʔ
海	*hmlɯːʔ
毐	*ʔmɯː, *ʔmɯːʔ
呣	*mɯ
拇	*mɯʔ
母	*mɯʔ
胟	*mɯʔ
姆	*mɯʔ, *mɯs, *maːʔ
畮	*mɯʔ
踇	*mɯʔ
苺	*mɯs, *mɯːʔ, *mɯːs
莓	*mɯs, *mɯː, *mɯːs
敏	*mrɯʔ, *mrɯŋʔ
鰵	*mrɯŋʔ
慜	*mrɯŋʔ
毋	*ma
梅	*mɯː
酶	*mɯː
鋂	*mɯː
每	*mɯːʔ
毎	*mɯːs
痗	*mɯːs, *hmɯːs
晦	*hmɯːs
誨	*hmɯːs
悔	*hmɯːʔ, *hmɯːs
霉	*mrɯl

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méi (mei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴

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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
    • Yale: mùih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mwoj, mwojH

Rime
Character	脢	脢
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	莫杯切	莫佩切
Baxter	mwoj	mwojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muʌi/	/muʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/muoi/	/muoiH/
Shao Rongfen	/muɒi/	/muɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwəj/	/mwəjH/
Li Rong	/muᴀi/	/muᴀiH/
Wang Li	/muɒi/	/muɒiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/muɑ̆i/	/muɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	méi	mèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mui4	mui6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯːs/, /*mɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	脢	脢	脢
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	9281	9305	9314
Phonetic component	母	母	母
Rime group	之	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	䆀	枚	妹
Old Chinese	/*mɯːs/	/*mɯː/	/*mɯːs/
Notes	同脄

Definitions

脢

1. meat from the back of an animal

Compounds

• 柳脢
• 背脢
• 脢肉
• 脢頭 / 脢头