茆

See also: 茅

茆	U+8306, 茆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8306

← 茅
[U+8305]

CJK Unified Ideographs

茇 →
[U+8307]

Translingual

Han character

茆 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹竹中 (THHL), four-corner 4472₇, composition ⿱艹卯)

species of grass, water mallows

Derived characters

𬪋

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1026, character 6
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30838
Dae Jaweon: page 1486, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3195, character 2
Unihan data for U+8306

Chinese

trad.		茆
simp. ^#		茆
alternative forms		𦯆𦯄𦮉

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
卯	*mruːʔ
昴	*mruːʔ
泖	*mruːʔ
茆	mruːʔ, m·ruʔ
奅	*m̥ʰruːs
窌	m̥ʰruːs, m·ruː, *m·rus
聊	*m·rɯːw
貿	*mlus
鄮	*mlus
劉	*m·ru
留	m·ru, m·rus
蒥	*m·ru
鶹	*m·ru
騮	*m·ru
榴	*m·ru
瑠	*ru
瘤	m·ru, m·rus
遛	*m·ru
鎦	*m·ru
飀	*m·ru
鰡	*m·ru
嵧	*m·ru
餾	m·ru, m·rus
瀏	m·ru, m·ruʔ
懰	m·ru, m·ruʔ
柳	*m·ruʔ
珋	*m·ruʔ
罶	*m·ruʔ
嬼	m·ruʔ, m·rus
溜	*m·rus
霤	*m·rus
廇	*m·rus
塯	*m·rus

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǎo (mao³)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maau⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǎo
  - Wade–Giles: mao³
  - Yale: mǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mao
  - Palladius: мао (mao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: maau⁵
  - Yale: máauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maau⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: mao⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːu̯¹³/

Middle Chinese: maewX, ljuwX

Rime
Character	茆	茆
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	莫飽切	力久切
Baxter	maewX	ljuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠau^X/	/lɨu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚau^X/	/liu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/mau^X/	/liəu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨw^X/	/luw^X/
Li Rong	/mau^X/	/liu^X/
Wang Li	/mau^X/	/lĭəu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mau^X/	/li̯ə̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǎo	liǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maau⁵	lau⁵

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤruʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*mruːʔ/, /*m·ruʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	茆
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mǎo
Middle Chinese	‹ mæw^X ›
Old Chinese	/*mˁruʔ/
English	Brasenia
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	茆	茆
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8874	8899
Phonetic component	卯	卯
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	卯	柳
Old Chinese	/*mruːʔ/	/*m·ruʔ/

Definitions

茆

water shield (Brasenia schreberi)
Synonyms: 蒓 / 莼 (chún), 蓴 (chún)
a surname

Compounds

不對茆荀兒 / 不对茆荀儿
筍裡不知茆裡 / 笋里不知茆里

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): máo (mao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: máo
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: máo
  - Wade–Giles: mao²
  - Yale: máu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau
  - Palladius: мао (mao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵/

Definitions

茆

alternative form of 茅 (máo, “cogon grass”)
a surname

Compounds

白茆 (báimáo)
茆店
茆茨
蓬茆

Japanese

Kanji

茆

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Go-on: みょう (myō)^{←めう (meu, historical)}
Kan-on: ぼう (bō)^{←ばう (bau, historical)}
Kun: かや (kaya, 茆)、その (sono, 茆)、めなわ (menawa)