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姆 (Kangxi radical 38,女+5, 8 strokes,cangjie input女田卜戈 (VWYI),four-corner47450,composition⿰女母)
| trad. | 姆 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp.# | 姆 | |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*mɯʔ, *mɯs, *maːʔ): semantic 女(“female”) + phonetic 母(OC*mɯʔ).
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 姆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 侯 (137) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 莫候切 |
| Baxter | muwH |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /məuH/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /məuH/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /məuH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /məwH/ |
| Li Rong | /muH/ |
| Wang Li | /məuH/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mə̯uH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mòu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mau6 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 姆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | mǔ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ muwX › |
| Old Chinese | /*məʔ/ |
| English | female teacher in harem |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 姆 | 姆 | 姆 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 9290 | 9293 | 9300 |
| Phonetic component | 母 | 母 | 母 |
| Rime group | 之 | 之 | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 母 | 茂 | |
| Old Chinese | /*mɯʔ/ | /*mɯs/ | /*maːʔ/ |
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姆• (mo) (hangeul모,revised mo,McCune–Reischauer mo)
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