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U+6885, 梅
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Translingual[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
In Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese scripts, the right side component is written (contains with 2 dots). In
Japanese shinjitai, the component is simplified to (contains with a single middle stroke). Due to Han
unification, both characters (/) are encoded under the same Unicode codepoint. A CJK compatibility ideograph
(U+FA44) exists for the kyjitai form of .
Han character[edit]
References[edit]
Chinese[edit]
Glyph origin[edit]
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Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Old Chinese
*ml, *m
*hml
*m, *m
*m
*m
*m
*m
*m
*m
*mr, *mr
*mr
*mr
*ma
*m
*m
*m
*m
*ms
*ms, *hms
*hms
*hms
*hm, *hms
*mrl
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Pronunciation[edit]
Mandarin
Cantonese
Hakka
Min Nan
(Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu)
(Hokkien: Tainan)
Note:
m - vernacular;
mi/be - literary.
mainstream Taiwan:
me/m - vernacular;
mi - literary.
Dialectal data
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Variety Location
Beijing /mei/
Harbin /mei/
Tianjin /mei/
Jinan /mei/
Qingdao /me/
Zhengzhou /mei/
Xi'an /mei/
Xining /m/
Yinchuan /mei/
Lanzhou /mei/
rmqi /mei/
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Wuhan /mei/
Chengdu /mei/
Guiyang /mei/
Kunming /mei/
Nanjing /mi/
Taiyuan /mei/
Pingyao /m/
Shanghai /me/
Suzhou /me/
Hangzhou /mei/
Wu Wenzhou /mai/
Shexian /m/
Changsha /mei/
Meixian /moi/
Guangzhou /mui/
Nanning /mui/
/mui/
Xiamen (Min Nan) /m/
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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (4)
Final () (42)
Tone () Level ()
Openness () Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang /mui/
Shangfang
Pan /muoi/
Wuyun
Shao /mui/
Rongfen
Edwin /mwj/
Pulleyblank
Li /mui/
Rong
Wang /mui/
Li
Bernard /mui/
Karlgren
Expected mi
Mandarin
Reflex
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern mi
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle mwoj
Chinese
Old /*C.m/
Chinese
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 9302
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime 0
subdivision
Corresponding
MC rime
Old /*m/
Chinese
Definitions[edit]
1. Chinese plum
2. A surname.
Compounds[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
See also:
Category:Japanese terms spelled with
Readings[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
Usage notes[edit]
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana in biological contexts, as .
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Coordinate terms[edit]
(rank):
(matsu): pine, the top rank
(take): bamboo, the middle rank
Proper noun[edit]
References[edit]
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
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Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
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(mai)
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Compounds[edit]
Adjective[edit]
mai hoa
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