茙

茙 U+8319, 茙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8319 ← 茘 [U+8318] CJK Unified Ideographs 茚 → [U+831A]

Translingual

Han character

茙 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿戈十 (TIJ), four-corner 4445₃, composition ⿱艹戎)

Derived characters

• 𧜆

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1027, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30868
• Dae Jaweon: page 1486, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3199, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8319

Chinese

simp. and trad.		茙

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
娀	*snuŋ
戎	*njuŋ
茙	*njuŋ
駥	*njuŋ
狨	*njuŋ
絨	*njuŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *njuŋ) : semantic 艸 + phonetic 戎 (OC *njuŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): róng (rong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: róng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: róng
    • Wade–Giles: jung²
    • Yale: rúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rong
    • Palladius: жун (žun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐʊŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: nyuwng

Rime
Character	茙
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	如融切
Baxter	nyuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑiuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵuwŋ/
Li Rong	/ȵiuŋ/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	róng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jung4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*nuŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*njuŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	茙
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	róng
Middle Chinese	‹ nyuwng ›
Old Chinese	/*nuŋ/ (< *num?)
English	a kind of bean
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)
Character	茙
Reading #	1/1
No.	10850
Phonetic component	戎
Rime group	終
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	戎
Old Chinese	/*njuŋ/

Definitions

茙

1. Only used in 茙葵.