霉

See also: 黴

霉	U+9709, 霉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9709

← 霈
[U+9708]

CJK Unified Ideographs

霊 →
[U+970A]

Translingual

Han character

霉 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一月人田卜 (MBOWY), four-corner 1050₇, composition ⿱⻗每)

Related characters

黴 (Traditional form of 霉)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1375, character 2
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42302
Dae Jaweon: page 1884, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4065, character 1
Unihan data for U+9709

Chinese

trad.		霉
simp. ^#		霉

Etymology 1

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mrɯl) : semantic 雨 (“rain”) + phonetic 每 (OC *mɯːʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méi (mei²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴ / mei⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): mi⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): mûi

(Teochew, Peng'im): bhuê⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶me

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 / mei⁴
  - Yale: mùih / mèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴ / mei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴ / méi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²¹/, /mei̯²¹/

Note:

mui4 - colloquial;
mei4 - variant.

Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: mi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi
  - Tâi-lô: muî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: muii
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /muĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /muĩ¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bhuê⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /bue⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶me
  - MiniDict: me^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³me
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /me²³/

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*mrɯl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	霉
Reading #	1/1
No.	9320
Phonetic component	母
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	眉
Old Chinese	/*mrɯl/
Notes	黴晚起分化字

Definitions

霉

to become moldy; mildewed
(Cantonese, of garment) worn out
件衫著到霉晒都唔肯抌。 [Cantonese, trad.]
件衫着到霉晒都唔肯抌。 [Cantonese, simp.]
gin⁶ saam¹ zoek³ dou³ mui⁴ saai³ dou¹ m⁴ hang² dam². [Jyutping]
(please add an English translation of this quotation)

Compounds

倒霉 (dǎoméi)
曲霉 (qūméi)
發霉 (fāméi)
霉乾菜 (méigāncài)
霉味
霉天
霉氣 (méiqì)
霉濕
霉爛 (méilàn)
霉運 (méiyùn)
霉雨 (méiyǔ)
霉頭

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04480
“霉”, 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–

Etymology 2

Glyph origin

Designated as the simplified form of 黴 in the Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (漢字簡化方案) (1956).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 霉 – see 黴 (“mold; mildew; must”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 黴).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04782-010

Japanese

Kanji

霉

(Hyōgai kanji)

mold

Readings

On (unclassified): ばい (bai)、め (me)
Kun: つゆ (tsuyu)、しめる (shimeru, 霉る)、しみ (shimi)、かび (kabi)、かびる (kabiru, 霉びる)

Korean

Hanja

霉 • (mae) (hangeul 매, revised mae, McCune–Reischauer mae, Yale may)

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Vietnamese

Han character

霉: Hán Nôm readings: mai, môi

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References

Nom Foundation