| Stroke order |
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麻 (Kangxi radical 200,麻+0, 11 strokes,cangjie input戈木木 (IDD) or戈十金金 (IJCC),four-corner00294,composition⿸广林(GJV) or⿸广𣏟(HTK))
- Kangxi radical #200,⿇.
- Appendix:Chinese radical/麻
- 嘛,嫲,䌕,䗫,䩋,髍,䲈,塺,㦄,摩,犘,磨,穈,糜,縻,䜆,靡,䯢,魔,䳸,蔴
Additional Derived Characters
- 𠍨,𡻥,𢠩,𢳀,𣻕,𬍄,𣊍,𣙪,𤎎,𦟟,𤾝,𥊚,𪿳,𥢂,𫃎,𧫼,𨬈,𪐎
- 𠞥,𩔶,𬼳,𠞧,𡡉,𡻤,𢊶,𤔨,𤯌,𥂓,𥉵,𭙽,𪪤,𦓡,𦗕,𢋙,𢋚,𨄬,𢋤,𩀪,𢋲,𢌁,𩞁,𢌑,𪓹,𫂟
- Kangxi Dictionary:page 1515, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47888
- Dae Jaweon: page 2044, character 29
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4723, character 1
- Unihan data for U+9EBB
| Old Chinese |
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| 麻 | *mraːl |
| 痲 | *mraːl |
| 犘 | *mraːl |
| 縻 | *mral |
| 醿 | *mral |
| 爢 | *mral |
| 蘼 | *mral, *mralʔ, *mrɯl |
| 靡 | *mralʔ |
| 摩 | *maːl, *maːls |
| 魔 | *maːl |
| 磨 | *maːl, *maːls |
| 劘 | *maːl |
| 麽 | *maːl |
| 麼 | *maːlʔ |
| 塺 | *maːls, *mɯːl |
| 麾 | *hmral |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 厂 + 𣏟: a representation of hemp leaves.
Etymology not clear, however PKS (Proto-Kam-Sui)*Ɂŋra¹ ‘sesame’ looks remotely similar to OC.
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Pinyin):má (ma2)
- (Zhuyin):ㄇㄚˊ
- (Chengdu,Sichuanese Pinyin):ma2
- (Xi'an,Guanzhong Pinyin):má
- (Nanjing,Nanjing Pinyin):má
- (Dungan,Cyrillic andWiktionary):ма (ma, I)
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong,Jyutping):maa4
- (Dongguan,Jyutping++):maa4
- (Taishan,Wiktionary):ma3
- Hakka
- (Sixian,PFS):mà
- (Hailu,HRS):ma
- (Meixian,Guangdong):ma2
- Northern Min(KCR):muo̿i
- Eastern Min(BUC):muài / mà
- Puxian Min(Pouseng Ping'ing):mua2 / muo2 / ba2 / bor2 / ma2
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien,POJ):môa /bâ /mâ
- (Teochew,Peng'im):mua5
- (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin):mua5 / ma5
- Southern Pinghua(Nanning,Jyutping++):maa4
- Wu(Wugniu)
- Xiang
- (Changsha,Wiktionary):ma2
- (Loudi,Wiktionary):mo2
- (Hengyang,Wiktionary):ma2
Note: muài - vernacular, mà - literary.
- Puxian Min
- (Putian,Nanri,Donghai)
- (Xianyou,Youyang,Fengting)
- (Jiangkou)
- (Nanri)
- (Xianyou,Youyang,Fengting)
- (Putian,Jiangkou,Nanri,Donghai)
- (Xianyou,Youyang,Fengting)
- (Putian,Jiangkou,Nanri,Donghai)
- (Xianyou,Youyang,Fengting)
Note:
- mua2/muo2 - vernacular (“hemp, flax, jute, sesame”);
- ba2 - vernacular (“acerbic; itchy; apathetic”);
- bor2 - vernacular (used in麻風);
- ma2 - literary.
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien:Xiamen,Quanzhou,Zhangzhou,Jinjiang,GeneralTaiwanese)
- (Hokkien:Xiamen,Quanzhou,Zhangzhou,Jinjiang,GeneralTaiwanese)
- (Hokkien:Xiamen,Quanzhou,Zhangzhou,GeneralTaiwanese,Penang,Singapore)
Note: môa, bâ - vernacular, mâ - literary.
Note:
- mua5 - vernacular;
- ma5 - literary.
- Southern Pinghua
- Wu
- (Northern:Shanghai)
- (Northern:Jiading,Songjiang,Chongming,Suzhou,Changzhou,Jiaxing,Fuyang,Shaoxing,Ningbo,Zhoushan)
- (Northern:Songjiang,Hangzhou,Zhoushan)
- (Jinhua)
Note:
- mo - vernacular;
- ma - literary.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) |
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| Character | 麻 |
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| Reading # | 1/1 |
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | má |
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Middle Chinese | ‹ mæ › |
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Old Chinese | /*C.mˁraj/ |
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| English | hemp |
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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) |
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| Character | 麻 |
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| Reading # | 1/1 |
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| No. | 8694 |
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Phonetic component | 麻 |
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Rime group | 歌 |
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Rime subdivision | 1 |
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Corresponding MC rime | 麻 |
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Old Chinese | /*mraːl/ |
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麻
- general name forhemp,flax,jute, etc.
- 大麻 ― dàmá ― hemp; cannabis
- 黃麻/黄麻 ― huángmá ― jute
- 亞麻/亚麻 ― yàmá ― flax
- hempfibre;linen
- 麻布 ― mábù ― sackcloth; linen
- 麻繩/麻绳 ― máshéng ― hemp rope
- Tang Dynasty,Fan Chuo,Manshu,chapter 7, part 7
其竹節度三尺,柔細可為索,亦以皮為麻。[Classical Chinese,trad.]
其竹节度三尺,柔细可为索,亦以皮为麻。[Classical Chinese,simp.]- Qí zhú jié duó sān chǐ, róuxì kě wéi suǒ, yì yǐ pí wéimá.[Pinyin]
- Each bamboo joint measures threechi; thin and supple, it may be used as a rope, and its skin may also be used aslinen.
- (historical, obsolete)hempband worn on thehead orwaist by amourner
- mourninggarment; mourningapparel
- 披麻戴孝 ― pīmádàixiào ― to wear the hemp garments of mourning
- (historical)imperialedict
- sesame
- 麻油 ― máyóu ― sesame oil
- numerous;chaotic
- coarse;rough
- spotty;pitted
- 麻雀 ― máquè ― sparrow
- (traditional Chinese medicine)short for麻疹 (mázhěn, “measles”)
- pockmark;pock
- 麻子 ― mázǐ ― pockmark; pockmarked person
- 麻臉/麻脸 ― máliǎn ― pockmarked face
- numb;senseless
- 麻痺/麻痹 ― mábì ― paralysis
- 麻藥/麻药 ― máyào ― anesthetic
我的腿都坐麻了。[MSC,trad. andsimp.]- Wǒ de tuǐ dōu zuòmá le.[Pinyin]
- My legs have gone numb while sitting.
- (of foods)having thetaste like one ofSichuan pepper
- 麻辣 ― málà ― Sichuan pepper-y and spicy
- 舌頭發麻/舌头发麻 ― shétóu fāmá ― to have a tingling tongue
- (Sichuanese)tipsy
- 喝麻了[Sichuanese] ― has drunk oneselftipsy
- (Xianyou Puxian Min)astringent;acerbic;tart
- (Xianyou Puxian Min)itchy
- (Xianyou Puxian Min)cold;aloof;apathetic
- asurname
Dialectal synonyms of
大麻 (“hemp”)
[map]| Variety | Location | Words |
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| Formal(Written Standard Chinese) | 大麻,線麻 |
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| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 麻 |
|---|
| Chengde | 麻 |
| Chifeng | 麻 |
| Hulunbuir(Hailar) | 大麻 |
| Heihe | 大麻 |
| Qiqihar | 麻 |
| Harbin | 大麻 |
| Jiamusi | 麻 |
| Baicheng | 大麻,麻 |
| Changchun | 大麻 |
| Tonghua | 線麻 |
| Shenyang | 大麻,線麻 |
| Jinzhou | 線麻 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 麻 |
|---|
| Tangshan | 麻 |
| Cangzhou | 麻 |
| Baoding | 麻 |
| Shijiazhuang | 大麻 |
| Lijin | 麻 |
| Jinan | 麻 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 線麻 |
|---|
| Dandong | 大麻,麻 |
| Yantai | 麻 |
| Qingdao | 麻 |
| Zhucheng | 麻 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 麻 |
|---|
| Jining | 麻 |
| Linfen | 麻 |
| Shangqiu | 大麻,麻 |
| Yuanyang | 麻 |
| Zhengzhou | 麻 |
| Xinyang | 麻 |
| Baihe | 麻 |
| Xi'an | 麻 |
| Baoji | 麻 |
| Tianshui | 大麻 |
| Xining | 大麻 |
| Xuzhou | 麻 |
| Fuyang | 麻 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 大麻,麻 |
|---|
| Lanzhou | 大麻,麻 |
| Dunhuang | 麻 |
| Hami | 麻 |
| Ürümqi | 麻,大麻 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 大麻 |
|---|
| Nanchong | 黃麻,火麻 |
| Dazhou | 麻 |
| Hanyuan | 麻 |
| Xichang | 大麻 |
| Zigong | 麻 |
| Chongqing | 麻 |
| Wuhan | 大麻 |
| Yichang | 大麻,麻 |
| Xiangyang | 大麻,麻 |
| Tianmen | 大麻,麻 |
| Guiyang | 麻 |
| Zunyi | 黃麻 |
| Bijie | 麻 |
| Liping | 麻 |
| Zhaotong | 大麻 |
| Dali | 大麻 |
| Kunming | 大麻,麻 |
| Mengzi | 麻 |
| Guilin | 大麻 |
| Liuzhou | 黃麻,紅麻 |
| Jishou | 麻 |
| Changde | 麻 |
| Hanzhong | 大麻,麻 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 麻 |
|---|
| Yangzhou | 大麻 |
| Lianyungang | 大麻 |
| Lianshui | 黃麻,紅麻 |
| Nantong | 麻 |
| Anqing | 麻 |
| Wuhu | 麻 |
| Hefei | 大麻 |
| Hong'an | 線麻 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 麻 |
|---|
| Jin | Taiyuan | 大麻子 |
|---|
| Yangyuan | 麻 |
| Datong | 麻 |
| Xinzhou | 麻子 |
| Lüliang(Lishi) | 麻子 |
| Changzhi | 麻 |
| Linhe | 大麻,線麻 |
| Jining | 大麻 |
| Hohhot | 大麻 |
| Erenhot | 大麻 |
| Pingshan | 麻 |
| Zhangjiakou | 大麻 |
| Handan | 大麻,麻 |
| Linzhou | 麻 |
| Suide | 麻子 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 黃麻 |
|---|
Dialectal synonyms of
苧麻 (“ramie”)
[map]Dialectal synonyms of
芝麻 (“sesame”)
[map]| Variety | Location | Words |
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| Formal(Written Standard Chinese) | 芝麻,胡麻 |
|---|
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 芝麻 |
|---|
| Taiwan | 芝麻 |
| Langfang | 芝麻 |
| Chengde | 芝麻 |
| Chifeng | 芝麻 |
| Hulunbuir(Hailar) | 芝麻 |
| Heihe | 芝麻 |
| Qiqihar | 芝麻 |
| Harbin | 芝麻 |
| Jiamusi | 芝麻 |
| Baicheng | 芝麻 |
| Changchun | 芝麻 |
| Tonghua | 芝麻 |
| Shenyang | 芝麻 |
| Jinzhou | 芝麻 |
| Singapore | 芝麻 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 芝麻 |
|---|
| Tangshan | 芝麻 |
| Cangzhou | 芝麻 |
| Baoding | 芝麻 |
| Shijiazhuang | 芝麻 |
| Lijin | 芝麻 |
| Jinan | 芝麻 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 芝麻 |
|---|
| Dandong | 芝麻 |
| Yantai | 芝麻 |
| Yantai(Muping) | 芝麻 |
| Qingdao | 芝麻 |
| Zhucheng | 芝麻 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 芝麻 |
|---|
| Lingbao | 芝麻 |
| Jining | 芝麻 |
| Daming | 芝麻 |
| Wanrong | 芝麻 |
| Linfen | 芝麻 |
| Shangqiu | 芝麻 |
| Yuanyang | 芝麻 |
| Zhengzhou | 芝麻 |
| Xinyang | 芝麻 |
| Baihe | 芝麻 |
| Xi'an | 芝麻 |
| Baoji | 芝麻 |
| Tianshui | 芝麻 |
| Xining | 芝麻 |
| Xuzhou | 芝麻 |
| Fuyang | 芝麻 |
| Sokuluk(Gansu Dungan) | 芝麻 |
| Masanchin(Shaanxi Dungan) | 芝麻 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 芝麻 |
|---|
| Lanzhou | 芝麻 |
| Dunhuang | 芝麻 |
| Hami | 芝麻 |
| Ürümqi | 芝麻 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 芝麻 |
|---|
| Nanchong | 芝麻 |
| Dazhou | 芝麻 |
| Hanyuan | 芝麻子 |
| Xichang | 芝麻 |
| Zigong | 麻子 |
| Chongqing | 芝麻 |
| Wuhan | 芝麻,麻子 |
| Yichang | 芝麻 |
| Xiangyang | 芝麻 |
| Tianmen | 芝麻 |
| Guiyang | 芝麻 |
| Zunyi | 芝麻 |
| Bijie | 芝麻 |
| Liping | 芝麻 |
| Zhaotong | 芝麻 |
| Dali | 芝麻 |
| Kunming | 芝麻 |
| Mengzi | 芝麻 |
| Guilin | 芝麻 |
| Liuzhou | 芝麻,油麻 |
| Jishou | 芝麻,油麻 |
| Changde | 芝麻 |
| Hanzhong | 芝麻 |
| Mae Salong(Lancang) | 芝麻 |
| Mae Sai(Tengchong) | 芝麻 |
| Pematangsiantar | 芝麻 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 芝麻 |
|---|
| Yangzhou | 芝麻 |
| Lianyungang | 芝麻 |
| Lianshui | 芝麻 |
| Nantong | 芝麻 |
| Anqing | 芝麻 |
| Wuhu | 芝麻 |
| Hefei | 芝麻 |
| Hong'an | 芝麻,油麻 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 芝麻 |
|---|
| Hong Kong | 芝麻 |
| Hong Kong(San Tin; Weitou) | 芝麻 |
| Hong Kong(Kam Tin; Weitou) | 芝麻 |
| Hong Kong(Ting Kok) | 芝麻 |
| Hong Kong(Tung Ping Chau) | 芝麻 |
| Macau | 芝麻 |
| Guangzhou(Panyu) | 芝麻 |
| Guangzhou(Huashan, Huadu) | 芝麻 |
| Guangzhou(Conghua) | 芝麻 |
| Guangzhou(Zengcheng) | 芝麻 |
| Foshan | 芝麻 |
| Foshan(Shatou, Nanhai) | 芝麻 |
| Foshan(Shunde) | 芝麻 |
| Foshan(Sanshui) | 芝麻 |
| Foshan(Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 芝麻 |
| Zhongshan(Shiqi) | 芝麻 |
| Zhuhai(Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 芝麻 |
| Zhuhai(Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 芝麻 |
| Zhuhai(Doumen) | 芝麻 |
| Jiangmen(Baisha) | 芝麻 |
| Jiangmen(Xinhui) | 芝麻 |
| Taishan | 芝麻 |
| Kaiping(Chikan) | 芝麻 |
| Enping(Niujiang) | 芝麻 |
| Heshan(Yayao) | 芝麻 |
| Dongguan | 油麻 |
| Shenzhen(Shajing, Bao'an) | 油麻 |
| Qingyuan | 芝麻 |
| Fogang | 芝麻 |
| Yingde(Hanguang) | 芝麻 |
| Yangshan | 芝麻 |
| Lianshan(Butian) | 麻子 |
| Lianzhou(Qingshui; Sihui) | 麻子 |
| Shaoguan | 芝麻 |
| Shaoguan(Qujiang) | 芝麻 |
| Renhua | 芝麻 |
| Lechang | 芝麻 |
| Zhaoqing(Gaoyao) | 芝麻 |
| Sihui | 芝麻 |
| Guangning | 芝麻 |
| Deqing | 芝麻 |
| Huaiji | 芝麻 |
| Fengkai(Nanfeng) | 麻仔 |
| Yunfu | 油麻 |
| Xinxing | 芝麻 |
| Luoding | 芝麻 |
| Yunan(Pingtai) | 芝麻 |
| Yangjiang | 油麻 |
| Xinyi | 芝麻 |
| Lianjiang | 芝麻 |
| Nanning | 芝麻 |
| Wuzhou | 芝麻 |
| Yulin | 芝麻 |
| Hepu(Lianzhou) | 芝麻,油麻 |
| Hepu(Shatian) | 油麻 |
| Beihai | 油麻 |
| Beihai(Nankang) | 油麻 |
| Beihai(Yingpan) | 油麻 |
| Beihai(Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 芝麻,油麻 |
| Beihai(Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 芝麻 |
| Fangchenggang(Fangcheng) | 芝麻,油麻 |
| Danzhou | 油麻 |
| Kuala Lumpur(Guangfu) | 芝麻 |
| Singapore(Guangfu) | 芝麻 |
| Ho Chi Minh City(Guangfu) | 芝麻 |
| Móng Cái | 芝麻,油麻 |
| Bangkok(Guangfu) | 芝麻 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 芝麻 |
|---|
| Lichuan | 麻仔,芝麻 |
| Pingxiang | 芝麻,麻子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 麻仔,麻 |
|---|
| Huizhou(Huicheng; Bendihua) | 油麻 |
| Dongguan(Qingxi) | 油麻 |
| Shenzhen(Shatoujiao) | 油麻 |
| Zhongshan(Wuguishan) | 油麻 |
| Zhongshan(Nanlang Heshui) | 芝麻 |
| Wuhua(Shuizhai) | 麻哩 |
| Wuhua(Huacheng) | 麻哩 |
| Wuhua(Changbu) | 油麻哩 |
| Wuhua(Mianyang) | 麻哩 |
| Guangzhou(Lütian, Conghua) | 油麻 |
| Jiexi | 油麻 |
| Ninghua | 麻仔 |
| Yudu | 芝麻 |
| Shicheng | 麻 |
| Shangyou(Shexi) | 麻子 |
| Miaoli(N. Sixian) | 麻仔 |
| Pingtung(Neipu; S. Sixian) | 麻仔 |
| Hsinchu County(Zhudong; Hailu) | 麻仔 |
| Taichung(Dongshi; Dabu) | 麻 |
| Hsinchu County(Qionglin; Raoping) | 麻仔 |
| Yunlin(Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 麻子 |
| Hong Kong | 油麻 |
| Luchuan(Daqiao) | 芝麻 |
| Chengdu(Hexingchang) | 麻子 |
| Weiyuan(Guanyingtan) | 芝麻 |
| Yilong(Ma'an) | 麻芝 |
| Xichang(Huanglianguan) | 芝麻 |
| Sabah(Longchuan) | 芝麻,麻 |
| Senai(Huiyang) | 油麻 |
| Singkawang | 油麻 |
| Bangkok(Jiexi) | 油麻 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 油麻 |
|---|
| Shexian | 芝麻 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 芝麻 |
|---|
| Pingyao | 芝麻 |
| Yangyuan | 芝麻 |
| Datong | 芝麻 |
| Xinzhou | 芝麻 |
| Lüliang(Lishi) | 芝麻 |
| Changzhi | 芝麻 |
| Linhe | 芝麻 |
| Jining | 芝麻 |
| Hohhot | 芝麻 |
| Erenhot | 芝麻 |
| Pingshan | 芝麻 |
| Zhangjiakou | 芝麻 |
| Handan | 芝麻 |
| Linzhou | 芝麻 |
| Suide | 芝麻 |
| Jiuxing Yumin | Lanxi | 芝麻 |
|---|
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 麻仔 |
|---|
| Jianyang | 麻仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 芝麻,油麻 |
|---|
| Fuqing | 油麻 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 麻 |
|---|
| Quanzhou | 麻 |
| Jinjiang | 油麻 |
| Zhangzhou | 麻 |
| Dongshan | 麻 |
| Penang(Hokkien) | 麻 |
| Singapore(Hokkien) | 麻,油麻 |
| Manila(Hokkien) | 麻 |
| Longyan | 油麻 |
| Datian | 油麻 |
| Pingnan(Shangdu) | 油麻 |
| Chaozhou | 油麻 |
| Shantou | 油麻 |
| Shantou(Chenghai) | 油麻 |
| Shantou(Chaoyang) | 油麻 |
| Nan'ao(Houzhai) | 油麻 |
| Nan'ao(Yun'ao) | 油麻 |
| Jieyang | 油麻 |
| Lufeng | 油麻 |
| Haifeng | 油麻 |
| Bangkok(Teochew) | 油麻 |
| Johor Bahru(Teochew) | 油麻 |
| Pontianak(Teochew) | 油麻 |
| Leizhou | 麻葈 |
| Wenchang | 油麻 |
| Haikou | 油麻 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 蓖麻,芝麻 |
|---|
| Putian(Donghai, Chengxiang) | 油麻 |
| Putian(Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 油麻 |
| Putian(Nanri, Xiuyu) | 油麻 |
| Xianyou | 油麻 |
| Xianyou(Fengting) | 油麻 |
| Xianyou(Youyang) | 油麻 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 麻,油麻 |
|---|
| Sanming(Sanyuan) | 麻 |
| Sanming(Shaxian) | 麻 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan(Longdu, Shaxi) | 油麻 |
|---|
| Zhongshan(Sanxiang) | 油麻 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning(Tingzi) | 芝麻 |
|---|
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin(Dahe) | 油麻 |
|---|
| Lingchuan(Shuangzhou) | 芝麻 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 芝麻 |
|---|
| Shanghai(Chongming) | 芝麻 |
| Suzhou | 芝麻 |
| Danyang | 芝麻 |
| Hangzhou | 芝麻 |
| Ningbo | 芝麻 |
| Wenzhou | 芝麻 |
| Jinhua | 油麻 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 芝麻 |
|---|
| Loudi | 油麻籽 |
| Shuangfeng | 油麻,芝麻 |
| Quanzhou | 油麻 |
麻
(Jōyō kanji)
FromOld Japanese.
Likely cognate withKorean삼(sam,“hemp”).
麻• (asa)
- hemp,Cannabis sativa
- c.800:Shibunritsu Ongi (page 47)
- flax
- linen
麻• (Asa)
- asurname
/wo/ →/o/
FromOld Japanese麻 (wo).[4]
麻• (o) ←を(wo)?
- thehemp orramie plant
- thread oryarn made fromfibers derived from thebark of hemp or ramiestems
Possibly from an altered pronunciation ofasa.
麻• (so)
- hemp
Most often found in compounds.
FromMiddle Chinese麻 (MC mae, “hemp”).
麻• (ma)
- hemp plant
- hempbast, thebark of the hemp plant
- thread,yarn, orcloth made from the hemp fiber, used in the past for mourning clothes in China
- ^Haga, Gōtarō (1914),漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition,Tōkyō: Kōbunsha,→DOI, page2428 (paper), page1266 (digital)
- ^Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006),大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition,Tokyo:Sanseidō,→ISBN
- ↑3.03.1NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998),NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese),Tokyo:NHK Publishing, Inc.,→ISBN
- ^Shōgaku Tosho (1988),国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese),Tōkyō:Shogakukan,→ISBN
麻 (eumhun삼마(sam ma))
- hanja form? of마(“hemp,jute,flax”)
- hanja form? of마(“sesame”)
麻:Hán Việt readings:ma[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
麻:Nôm readings:mà[1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9],mơ[1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9],ma[1][2][4],mé[1],mờ[1]
- chữ Nôm form ofma(“ghost(spirit appearing after death)”)
- chữ Nôm form ofmà
- but;however;nevertheless
- used inmà cả(“tobargain”)
- used inmặn mà(“moderatelysalty;attractive;alluring”)
- chữ Nôm form ofmé(“side;region;area”)
- chữ Nôm form ofmơ(“todream”)
- chữ Nôm form ofmờ(“dim,vague,unclear,blurred”)