# 澪

| 澪 | U+6FAA, &#28586; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6FAA |
| ← 澩 [U+6FA9] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 澫 → [U+6FAB] |

## Translingual
### Han character

澪 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 水一月戈 (EMBI) or 難水一月戈 (XEMBI), four-corner 3113$_7$, composition ⿰氵零)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 653, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18398
* Dae Jaweon: page 1063, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1754, character 12
* Unihan data for U+6FAA

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 令 | *ren, *reŋ, *reŋs, *reːŋ, *reːŋs |
| 怜 | *riːn, *reːŋ |
| 零 | *riːŋ, *reːŋ, *reːŋs |
| 魿 | *ɡriŋ, *reːŋ |
| 命 | *mreŋs |
| 冷 | *raːŋʔ, *reːŋ, *reːŋʔ |
| 跉 | *reŋ, *reːŋ |
| 嶺 | *reŋʔ |
| 領 | *reŋʔ |
| 阾 | *reŋʔ, *reːŋ |
| 柃 | *reŋʔ, *reːŋ |
| 袊 | *reŋʔ |
| 詅 | *reŋs, *reːŋ |
| 旍 | *ʔsleŋ |
| 舲 | *reːŋ |
| 齡 | *reːŋ |
| 囹 | *reːŋ |
| 鴒 | *reːŋ |
| 蛉 | *reːŋ |
| 鈴 | *reːŋ |
| 苓 | *reːŋ |
| 伶 | *reːŋ |
| 泠 | *reːŋ |
| 瓴 | *reːŋ |
| 拎 | *reːŋ |
| 刢 | *reːŋ |
| 玲 | *reːŋ |
| 聆 | *reːŋ |
| 竛 | *reːŋ |
| 軨 | *reːŋ |
| 笭 | *reːŋ, *reːŋʔ |
| 翎 | *reːŋ |
| 閝 | *reːŋ |
| 鹷 | *reːŋ |
| 昤 | *reːŋ |
| 駖 | *reːŋ |
| 彾 | *reːŋ |
| 呤 | *reːŋ |
| 狑 | *reːŋ |
| 秢 | *reːŋ |
| 岭 | *reːŋ |
| 紷 | *reːŋ |
| 砱 | *reːŋ |
| 羚 | *reːŋ |
| 姈 | *reːŋ |
| 蕶 | *reːŋ |
| 澪 | *reːŋ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): líng (ling$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ling$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: líng
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: líng
*** Wade–Giles: ling$^2$
*** Yale: líng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ling
*** Palladius: лин (lin)
*** Sinological IPA : /liŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ling$^4$
*** Yale: lìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ling$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ling$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɪŋ²¹/
* Middle Chinese: leng
Rime :
| Character | 澪 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 青 (125) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 郎丁切 |
| Baxter | leng |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /leŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /leŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /lɛŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lɛjŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /leŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /lieŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /lieŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | líng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ling$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*reːŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 澪 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8328 |
| Phonetic component | 令 |
| Rime group | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 靈 |
| Old Chinese | /*reːŋ/ |

### Definitions

澪
* The name of a body of water.
* Alternative form of 泠 (líng)

#### Compounds

* 澪渠

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C06468

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: りょう (ryō)
* Kan-on: れい (rei)
* Tō-on: りん (rin)
* Kun: みお (mio, 澪)
* Nanori: み (mi)、みほ (miho)、みよ (miyo)、り (ri)、れ (re)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 澪
* みお Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spellings
* 水尾 水脈
⟨mi$_1$ wo⟩ → */mʲiwo/ → /miwo/ → /mio/
From Old Japanese.
Derived as a compound of 水 (mi, ancient combining form of 水 (mizu), “water”) +‎ 緒 (wo → o, “cord; something long and continuing”, likely cognate with 尾 (o, “tail”) from the sense of “something long and continuing from the end of the main body”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) みお [mìó] (Heiban – [0])
* (Tokyo) みお [míꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [mʲio̞]

#### Noun

澪(みお) • (mio)
* a waterway, more specifically, a navigable channel
** 905, Kokin Wakashū (book 17, poem 882)
    天(あま)の河(かは)雲(くも)のみをにてはやければ光(ひかり)とどめず月(つき)ぞ流(なが)るる
       ama no kawa kumo no mio ni te hayakereba hikari todomezu tsuki zo nagaruru
       (please add an English translation of this example)
* a wake (path left behind by a passing ship on the water's surface)
    Synonym: 航跡 (kōseki)

##### Derived terms

* 澪(みお)木(ぎ) (miogi)
* 澪杙(みおぐい), 澪杭(みおぐい) (miogui)
* 澪浚(みおさら)え (miosarae)
* 澪(みお)標(じるし) (miojirushi)
* 澪筋(みおすじ) (miosuji)
* 澪標(みおつくし) (miotsukushi)
* 澪(みお)引(び)く (miobiku)
* 雲(くも)の澪(みお) (kumo no mio)

#### Proper noun

澪(みお) • (Mio)
* a female given name

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 澪
* れい Jinmeiyō
* kan'on
From Middle Chinese 澪 (MC leng).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɾe̞ː]

#### Affix

澪(れい) • (rei)
* waterway, channel

##### Derived terms

* 澪(れい)標(ひょう) (reihyō, “channel-mark”)
* 作(さく)澪(れい) (sakurei)

#### Proper noun

澪(れい) • (Rei)
* a female given name

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Old Japanese
### Alternative forms

* 水尾

### Etymology

Originally a compound of 水 (mi$_1$, ancient combining form of 水 (mi$_1$du), “water”) +‎ 緒 (wo, “cord; something long and continuing”, likely cognate with 尾 (wo, “tail”) from the sense of “something long and continuing from the end of the main body”).

### Noun

澪 (mi$_1$wo) (kana みを)
* a waterway, more specifically, a navigable channel
** c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 12, poem 3014:, here
    神山之山下響逝水之水尾不絶者後毛吾妻Miwa-yama no$_2$ yamasita to$_2$yo$_2$mi$_1$ yuku kapami$_1$du no$_2$ mi$_1$wo tayezu pa no$_2$ti mo waga tuma(please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Derived terms

* 澪標 (mi$_1$wotukusi)

#### Descendants

* Japanese: 澪, 水尾, 水脈 (mio)

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN