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覹 U+89B9, 覹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-89B9 ← 覸 [U+89B8] CJK Unified Ideographs 覺さとし → [U+89BA]

Translingual

Han character

覹 (Kangxi radical 147, 見み+13, 20 strokes, cangjie input 月山がっさん竹たけ人じん大だい (BUHOK) or 難なん月山つきやま竹ちく人じん (XBUHO), four-corner 7821₄, composition ⿰見み微ほろ)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1137, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34970
• Dae Jaweon: page 1604, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3676, character 1
• Unihan data for U+89B9

Chinese

trad.		覹
simp.		𫌭
alternative forms		𧢒 𧢓 矀

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (微ほろ) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
矀	*mrɯl, *mɯl
覹	*mrɯl
黴かび	*mrɯl, *mɯːls
薇ぜんまい	*mrɯl, *mɯl
媺	*mrɯlʔ
微ほろ	*mɯl
溦	*mɯl
癓	*mɯl
徽	*hmɯl
幑	*hmɯl

Phono-semantic compound (形聲けいせい／形声けいせい, OC *mrɯl) : semantic 見み + phonetic 微ほろ (OC *mɯl).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéi (wei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéi
    • Wade–Giles: wei²
    • Yale: wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wei
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mei⁴
    • Yale: mèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mij

Rime
Character	覹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲こえ)	明あきら (4)
Final (韻いん)	脂あぶら (17)
Tone (調しらべ)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open
Division (等ひとし)	III
Fanqie	武たけ悲切きり
Baxter	mij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚi/
Shao Rongfen	/miɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mji/
Li Rong	/mji/
Wang Li	/mi/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mrɯl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	覹
Reading #	1/1
No.	12796
Phonetic component	微ほろ
Rime group	微ほろ
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	眉まゆ
Old Chinese	/*mrɯl/
Notes	同どう矀

Definitions

覹

1. ^‡ to peep