霿

霿 U+973F, 霿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-973F ← 霾 [U+973E] CJK Unified Ideographs 靀 → [U+9740]

Translingual

Han character

霿 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+14, 22 strokes, cangjie input 一月弓竹山 (MBNHU), four-corner 1026₄, composition ⿱雨⿸敄目)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1380, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42508
• Dae Jaweon: page 1889, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4080, character 3
• Unihan data for U+973F

Chinese

trad.		霿
simp. #		霿
alternative forms		雺

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
堥	*muː, *mu
蓩	*muːʔ, *moːɡ
猱	*ml'uː, *mljiwʔ, *ml'us
茅	*mruː
罞	*mruː, *muːŋ
蝥	*mruː, *mu, *mo, *moɡs
鶜	*mruː
瞀	*moːɡs, *mroːɡ
愗	*moːɡs
袤	*mus
雺	*mus, *mu, *muːŋ, *muːŋs
懋	*mus
楙	*mus
矛	*mu
蟊	*mu
髳	*mu, *muːŋ
鍪	*mu
鞪	*mu, *moːɡ
糅	*ml'us
腬	*ml'us, *mlju
柔	*mlju
揉	*mju
蹂	*mju, *mjuʔ, *mjus
鍒	*mju
騥	*mju
蝚	*mju
葇	*mju, *mjuʔ
鞣	*mju, *mjus
鰇	*mju
瑈	*mju
鶔	*mju
楺	*mjuʔ
煣	*mjuʔ, *mjus
輮	*mjuʔ, *mjus
韖	*mjuʔ
敄	*moʔ, *mos
務	*moɡs
鶩	*moɡs, *moːɡ
騖	*moɡs
婺	*moɡs
霚	*moɡs, *moːŋ
嵍	*moɡs
霧	*moɡs, *moːŋ
霿	*moːŋ, *moːŋs
楘	*moːɡ

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méng, mèng (meng², meng⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ, ㄇㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mung⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méng
    • Wade–Giles: mêng²
    • Yale: méng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meng
    • Palladius: мэн (mɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mèng
    • Wade–Giles: mêng⁴
    • Yale: mèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menq
    • Palladius: мэн (mɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mung⁶
    • Yale: muhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊŋ²²/

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• Middle Chinese: muwng, muwngH

Rime
Character	霿	霿
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	莫紅切	莫弄切
Baxter	muwng	muwngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muŋ/	/muŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/muŋ/	/muŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/muŋ/	/muŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məwŋ/	/məwŋH/
Li Rong	/muŋ/	/muŋH/
Wang Li	/muŋ/	/muŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/muŋ/	/muŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	méng	mèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mung4	mung6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*moːŋ/, /*moːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	霿	霿
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8861	8864
Phonetic component	矛	矛
Rime group	東	東
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	蒙	𢄐
Old Chinese	/*moːŋ/	/*moːŋs/
Notes	爾雅作雺	爾雅作雺

Definitions

霿

1. (literary, of the sky) gloomy; dim; overcast
2. (literary) fog

Compounds

• 霿淞

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mào (mao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mào
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mào
    • Wade–Giles: mao⁴
    • Yale: màu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maw
    • Palladius: мао (mao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Definitions

霿

1. (literary) ignorant; dim-witted

Compounds

• 區霿／区霿
• 瞉霿

 

Pronunciation 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 霿 – see 霧 (“fog; mist; vapour; fine spray; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 霧).