禖

禖	U+7996, 禖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7996

← 禕
[U+7995]

CJK Unified Ideographs

禗 →
[U+7997]

Translingual

Han character

禖 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 戈火廿一木 (IFTMD), four-corner 3429₄, composition ⿰礻某)

sacrifice held to supplicate for a son

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 845, character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24776
Dae Jaweon: page 1266, character 9
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2404, character 2
Unihan data for U+7996

Chinese

trad.		禖
simp. ^#		禖

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 禖
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
某	*mɯʔ
謀	*mɯ
媒	*mɯː
煤	*mɯː
腜	*mɯː
禖	*mɯː

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méi (mei²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mûi / bôe

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/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi
  - Tâi-lô: muî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: muii
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /muĩ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bôe
  - Tâi-lô: buê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boee
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue¹³/

Middle Chinese: mwoj

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

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*mɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	禖
Reading #	1/1
No.	9280
Phonetic component	某
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	枚
Old Chinese	/*mɯː/

Definitions

禖

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Japanese

Kanji

禖

(Hyōgai kanji)

sacrifice

Readings

Go-on: まい (mai)、め (me)
Kan-on: ばい (bai)

Korean

Hanja

禖 (eum 매 (mae))

hanja form^? of 매 (“ancient Chinese sacrifice held to get a son”)