蕄

蕄 U+8544, 蕄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8544 ← 蕃 [U+8543] CJK Unified Ideographs 蕅 → [U+8545]

Translingual

Han character

蕄 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿日弓心 (TANP), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱艹悶)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1056, character 43
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31916
• Dae Jaweon: page 1519, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3297, character 13
• Unihan data for U+8544

Chinese

trad.		蕄
simp.		𰱉
alternative forms		𢡗 萌

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
蔄	*roːs, *mruːns
闅	*min, *mrɯn, *mɯn
閩	*mrɯn, *mɯn
蕄	*mɯːŋ, *mrɯːŋ
門	*mɯːn
捫	*mɯːn
悶	*mɯːns
聞	*mɯn, *mɯns
閿	*mɯn
問	*mɯns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méng (meng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mang⁴ / maang⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méng
    • Wade–Giles: mêng²
    • Yale: méng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meng
    • Palladius: мэн (mɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mang⁴ / maang⁴
    • Yale: màhng / màahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mang⁴ / maang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: meng⁴ / mang⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐŋ²¹/, /maːŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: meang, mong

Rime
Character	蕄	蕄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	耕 (117)	登 (129)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	莫耕切	武登切
Baxter	meang	mong
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠɛŋ/	/məŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚæŋ/	/məŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/mɐŋ/	/məŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məɨjŋ/	/məŋ/
Li Rong	/mɛŋ/	/məŋ/
Wang Li	/mæŋ/	/məŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/mæŋ/	/məŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	méng	méng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mang4	mang4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯːŋ/, /*mrɯːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蕄	蕄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8958	8959
Phonetic component	門	門
Rime group	蒸	蒸
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	瞢	甍
Old Chinese	/*mɯːŋ/	/*mrɯːŋ/
Notes	爾雅萌異文	爾雅萌異文

Definitions

蕄

1. Only used in 蕄蕄／𰱉𰱉 (“to exist”).

References

• “蕄”, 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–
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