# 獼

| 獼 | U+737C, &#29564; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-737C |
| ← 獻 [U+737B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 獽 → [U+737D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

獼 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 大竹弓一月 (KHNMB), four-corner 4122$_7$, composition ⿰犭彌)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 721, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20788
* Dae Jaweon: page 1133, character 9
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1378, character 10
* Unihan data for U+737C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 嬭 | *rneːlʔ, *niːlʔ |
| 禰 | *niːlʔ |
| 镾 | *niːlʔ, *mnel |
| 薾 | *niːlʔ |
| 檷 | *niːlʔ |
| 鑈 | *niːlʔ, *neːb |
| 瀰 | *niːlʔ, *mnel, *mnelʔ |
| 獼 | *mnel |
| 瓕 | *mnel |
| 彌 | *mnel |
| 鸍 | *mnel, *hnjel |
| 擟 | *mnel |
| 濔 | *mnelʔ |
| 壐 | *smlelʔ |
| 璽 | *smlelʔ |
| 爾 | *njelʔ |
| 邇 | *njelʔ |
| 獮 | *smlenʔ |
| 籋 | *neb, *neːb |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mí (mi$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mei$^4$ / nei$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bî
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mí
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mí
*** Wade–Giles: mi$^2$
*** Yale: mí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mi
*** Palladius: ми (mi)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mei$^4$ / nei$^4$
*** Yale: mèih / nèih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mei$^4$ / nei$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: méi$^4$ / néi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /mei̯²¹/, /nei̯²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî
*** Tâi-lô: bî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bii
*** IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /bi²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /bi²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi²³/
* Middle Chinese: mjie
Rime :
| Character | 獼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (11) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 武移切 |
| Baxter | mjie |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /miᴇ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /miɛ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mjɛ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /miə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /mie/ |
| Wang Li | /mǐe/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /mie̯/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mei$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*mnel/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 獼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2805 |
| Phonetic component | 爾 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 彌 |
| Old Chinese | /*mnel/ |
| Notes | 見楚辭 |

### Definitions

獼
* macaque (Macaca genus of monkeys)

### Compounds

* 獼猴／猕猴 (míhóu)
* 獼猴桃／猕猴桃 (míhóutáo)

### References

* “獼”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): び (bi)、み (mi)
* Kun: さる (saru)

## Korean
### Hanja

獼 • (mi) (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune–Reischauer mi, Yale mi)
* monkey, macaque

#### Derived terms

* 미후도(獼猴桃) (mihudo, “kiwifruit, Chinese gooseberry”, literally “macaque peach”)
** 다래 (darae)
** 등리(藤梨) (deungni, literally “vine pear”)
** 양도(羊桃) (yangdo, literally “goat peach”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

獼: Hán Nôm readings: mi, mị
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