# 抹

| 抹 | U+62B9, &#25273; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62B9 |
| ← 抸 [U+62B8] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 抺 → [U+62BA] |

## Translingual
### Han character

抹 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手木十 (QDJ), four-corner 5509$_0$, composition ⿰扌末)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 424, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11926
* Dae Jaweon: page 771, character 16
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1847, character 8
* Unihan data for U+62B9

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 眛 | *maːds, *mɯːds |
| 沬 | *maːds, *hmɯːds, *mɯds |
| 佅 | *mraːds |
| 韎 | *mreːds, *maːd |
| 帓 | *mraːd |
| 粖 | *meːd, *maːd |
| 末 | *maːd |
| 昩 | *maːd |
| 秣 | *maːd |
| 靺 | *maːd |
| 眜 | *maːd |
| 抹 | *maːd |
| 妺 | *maːd |
| 怽 | *maːd |
| 沫 | *maːd |
| 袜 | *maːd |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *maːd) : semantic 扌 + phonetic 末 (OC *maːd).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mǒ (mo$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mut$^3$ / mut$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mat
* Eastern Min (BUC): muák
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): boa̍t / boah / boa̍h
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bhuah$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mǒ
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mǒ
*** Wade–Giles: mo$^3$
*** Yale: mwǒ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moo
*** Palladius: мо (mo)
*** Sinological IPA : /mu̯ɔ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mut$^3$ / mut$^6$
*** Yale: mut / muht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mut$^8$ / mut$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mud$^3$ / mud$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /muːt̚³/, /muːt̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mat
*** Hakka Romanization System: mad$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mad$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /mat̚²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: muák
*** Sinological IPA : /muɑʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boa̍t
*** Tâi-lô: bua̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: boat
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /buat̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /buat̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /buat̚¹²¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boah
*** Tâi-lô: buah
*** Phofsit Daibuun: boaq
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /buaʔ³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /buaʔ⁵/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boa̍h
*** Tâi-lô: bua̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: boah
*** IPA (Xiamen): /buaʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /buaʔ¹²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /buaʔ²⁴/
* boah - colloquial (“to smear; to remove”).
* Middle Chinese: mat
Rime :
| Character | 抹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 末 (64) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 莫撥切 |
| Baxter | mat |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /muɑt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mʷɑt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /muɑt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /mwat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /muɑt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /muɑt̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /muɑt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mò |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mut$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*maːd/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 抹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9230 |
| Phonetic component | 末 |
| Rime group | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 末 |
| Old Chinese | /*maːd/ |
| Notes | 說文作瀎 |

#### Definitions

抹
* to smear, to apply
    抹藥／抹药 [Teochew] ― bhuah$^4$ ioh$^8$ [Peng'im] ― to apply medication
* to wipe
* to erase; to remove
* (literary) to play (dominos)
* (literary) to cut
* (literary) to twirl
* (literary) to look; to aim; to glance
* Classifier for rays of sunlight, rosy clouds, etc..
    一抹斜陽／一抹斜阳 ― yī mǒ xiéyáng ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

##### See also

* (to smear, to apply): 搽 (chá)

#### Compounds

* 一抹
* 一概抹殺／一概抹杀
* 一筆抹倒／一笔抹倒 (yībǐmǒdǎo)
* 一筆抹殺／一笔抹杀 (yībǐmǒshā)
* 一筆抹煞／一笔抹煞 (yībǐmǒshā)
* 丟丟抹抹／丢丢抹抹
* 丟抹／丢抹
* 倒抹
* 偷偷抹抹
* 偷饞抹嘴／偷馋抹嘴
* 勾抹
* 嘴抹兒／嘴抹儿
* 塗抹／涂抹 (túmǒ)
* 塗抹詩書／涂抹诗书
* 塗脂抹粉／涂脂抹粉
* 廝抹／厮抹
* 打抹
* 批抹
* 批風抹月／批风抹月
* 抹下臉／抹下脸
* 抹不下來／抹不下来
* 抹不著影
* 抹丟／抹丢
* 抹去 (mǒqù)
* 抹嘴
* 抹嘴吃
* 抹土搽灰
* 抹媚
* 抹子 (mǒzi)
* 抹平 (mǒpíng)
* 抹抹丟丟／抹抹丢丢
* 抹抹颩颩／抹抹𱃔𱃔
* 抹拭
* 抹搶／抹抢
* 抹撻／抹挞
* 抹月批風／抹月批风
* 抹月披風／抹月披风
* 抹殺／抹杀 (mǒshā)
* 抹油嘴
* 抹淚／抹泪
* 抹淚揉眵／抹泪揉眵
* 抹滅／抹灭
* 抹煞 (mǒshā)
* 抹片 (mǒpiàn)
* 抹牌
* 抹牌道字
* 抹稀泥
* 抹粉施脂
* 抹脖子
* 抹臉／抹脸
* 抹芒頭／抹芒头
* 抹貼／抹贴
* 抹蹌／抹跄
* 抹鄰／抹邻 (mǒlín)
* 抹鎗／抹枪
* 抹零 (mǒlíng)
* 抹頭／抹头
* 抹颩／抹𱃔
* 抹香 (mǒxiāng)
* 抹黑 (mǒhēi)
* 掂斤抹兩／掂斤抹两
* 揩抹
* 揩檯抹凳／揩台抹凳
* 揉眵抹淚／揉眵抹泪
* 搪抹
* 搽灰抹土
* 搽灰抹粉
* 搽脂抹粉
* 撤抹
* 擦拳抹掌
* 擦脂抹粉
* 改抹
* 札抹
* 東塗西抹／东涂西抹
* 淡妝濃抹／淡妆浓抹
* 淡抹
* 淌眼抹淚／淌眼抹泪
* 濃妝淡抹／浓妆淡抹
* 濃妝豔抹／浓妆艳抹 (nóngzhuāngyànmǒ)
* 濃抹／浓抹 (nóngmǒ)
* 濃抹淡妝／浓抹淡妆
* 脣似抹硃／唇似抹朱
* 脣若抹硃／唇若抹朱
* 腳底抹油／脚底抹油 (jiǎodǐmǒyóu)
* 膩抹兒／腻抹儿
* 蓋抹／盖抹
* 辱抹
* 都抹
* 領抹／领抹
* 頭上抹下／头上抹下
* 颩抹／𱃔抹
* 鳴鞭電抹／鸣鞭电抹

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mò (mo$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mut$^3$ / mut$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mò
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mò
*** Wade–Giles: mo$^4$
*** Yale: mwò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh
*** Palladius: мо (mo)
*** Sinological IPA : /mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mut$^3$ / mut$^6$
*** Yale: mut / muht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mut$^8$ / mut$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mud$^3$ / mud$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /muːt̚³/, /muːt̚²/
* Middle Chinese: mat
Rime :
| Character | 抹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 末 (64) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 莫撥切 |
| Baxter | mat |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /muɑt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mʷɑt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /muɑt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /mwat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /muɑt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /muɑt̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /muɑt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mò |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mut$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*maːd/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 抹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9230 |
| Phonetic component | 末 |
| Rime group | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 末 |
| Old Chinese | /*maːd/ |
| Notes | 說文作瀎 |

#### Definitions

抹
* to smear (using cement or lime)
* to keep close to and turn around
* (literary) to touch
* (literary) to bend; to lower

#### Compounds

* 抹不開／抹不开
* 拐彎抹角／拐弯抹角 (guǎiwānmòjiǎo)
* 抹胸 (mòxiōng)
* 抹腹
* 抹面 (mòmiàn)
* 抹額／抹额 (mò'é)
* 轉彎抹角／转弯抹角 (zhuǎnwānmòjiǎo)
* 轉灣抹角／转湾抹角

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mā, mǒ, mà (ma$^1$, mo$^3$, ma$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚ, ㄇㄛˇ, ㄇㄚˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): maat$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mā
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ma
*** Wade–Giles: ma$^1$
*** Yale: mā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mha
*** Palladius: ма (ma)
*** Sinological IPA : /mä⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mǒ
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mǒ
*** Wade–Giles: mo$^3$
*** Yale: mwǒ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moo
*** Palladius: мо (mo)
*** Sinological IPA : /mu̯ɔ²¹⁴/
** (nonstandard variant common in Singapore)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mà
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mà
*** Wade–Giles: ma$^4$
*** Yale: mà
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mah
*** Palladius: ма (ma)
*** Sinological IPA : /mä⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: maat$^3$
*** Yale: maat
*** Cantonese Pinyin: maat$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mad$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /maːt̚³/

#### Definitions

抹
* (colloquial) to wipe
    抹桌子 ― mā zhuōzǐ ― to wipe a table clean
    抹屎窟 [Cantonese] ― maat$^3$ si$^2$ fat$^1$ [Jyutping] ― to wipe one's bottom
* (colloquial) to press (something) and move one's hand downwards
* (colloquial) to dismiss (someone from their position)

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 擦 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 擦, 抹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 擦, 抹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 擦 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 擦, 抹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 擦, 搌 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 揩, 抹, 擦 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 之, 揩, 抹, 搌 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 擦, 揩, 抹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 擦, 揩, 抹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 擦, 抹, 捽 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 擦, 抹, 捽 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 抹, 拭, 擦 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang (Yangdong) | 拭 |
| Cantonese | Yangdong (Yashao) | 抹, 拭, 擦 |
| Cantonese | Yangchun | 抹, 擦 |
| Cantonese | Yangxi | 抹, 拭, 擦 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 擦 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 擦 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 揩, 抹, 擦 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 捽 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 捽 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 捽 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 捽 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 捽 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 捽 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 捽 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 捽 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 揩, 擦 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 拭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 拭, 挸 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 拭, 揉 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 拭, 揉 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 拭, 揉 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 拭, 揉 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 拭, 揉 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 拭 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 拭 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 拭, 㧫, 抙 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 拭, 㧫 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 㧫 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 㧫 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 拭, 㧫, 抙 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 拭, 㧫 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 揩 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 揩 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 擦, 𢄺 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 湊, 抹, 揩 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 揩, 抹 |

#### Compounds

* 抹布
* 抹搭

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* grind
* rub
* crush
* erase

#### Readings

* Go-on: まつ (matsu, Jōyō)、まち (machi)
* Kan-on: ばつ (batsu)
* Tō-on: も (mo)
* Kun: する (suru, 抹る)

#### Compounds

* 抹茶(まっちゃ) (matcha): matcha, powdered green tea

## Korean
### Hanja

抹 • (mal) (hangeul 말, revised mal, McCune–Reischauer mal, Yale mal)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

抹: Hán Nôm readings: mạt, mõi
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