# 塺

| 塺 | U+587A, &#22650; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-587A |
| ← 塹 [U+5879] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 塻 → [U+587B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

塺 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 戈木土 (IDG), four-corner 0021$_4$, composition ⿸麻土)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 237, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5397
* Dae Jaweon: page 475, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 481, character 12
* Unihan data for U+587A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 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 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): méi (mei$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mui$^4$ / mo$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: méi
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: méi
*** Wade–Giles: mei$^2$
*** Yale: méi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei
*** Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /meɪ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mui$^4$ / mo$^6$
*** Yale: mùih / moh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mui$^4$ / mo$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mui$^4$ / mo$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /muːi̯²¹/, /mɔː²²/
* Middle Chinese: mwoj, maH
Rime :
| Character | 塺 | 塺 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 灰 (42) | 戈 (95) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 莫杯切 | 摸卧切 |
| Baxter | mwoj | maH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /muʌi/ | /muɑ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /muoi/ | /muɑ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /muɒi/ | /muɑ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /mwəj/ | /mwa$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /muᴀi/ | /muɑ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /muɒi/ | /muɑ$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /muɑ̆i/ | /muɑ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | méi | mò |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mui$^4$ | mo$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤaj-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*maːls/, /*mɯːl/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 塺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | mò |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ma$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*mˁaj-s/ |
| English | dust |
| 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 | 塺 | 塺 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 8712 | 8713 |
| Phonetic component | 麻 | 麻 |
| Rime group | 歌 | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | | 枚 |
| Old Chinese | /*maːls/ | /*mɯːl/ |

### Definitions

塺
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### References

* Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 88

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ばい (bai)、め (me)、ば (ba)、ま (ma)
* Kun: ちり (chiri)