# 茆

| 茆 | U+8306, &#33542; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8306 |
| ← 茅 [U+8305] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 茇 → [U+8307] |

## Translingual
### Han character

茆 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹竹中 (THHL), four-corner 4472$_7$, composition ⿱艹卯)
* species of grass, water mallows

#### Derived characters

* 𬪋

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1026, character 6
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30838
* Dae Jaweon: page 1486, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3195, character 2
* Unihan data for U+8306

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 卯 | *mruːʔ |
| 昴 | *mruːʔ |
| 泖 | *mruːʔ |
| 茆 | *mruːʔ, *m·ruʔ |
| 奅 | *m̥ʰruːs |
| 窌 | *m̥ʰruːs, *m·ruː, *m·rus |
| 聊 | *m·rɯːw |
| 貿 | *mlus |
| 鄮 | *mlus |
| 劉 | *m·ru |
| 留 | *m·ru, *m·rus |
| 蒥 | *m·ru |
| 鶹 | *m·ru |
| 騮 | *m·ru |
| 榴 | *m·ru |
| 瑠 | *ru |
| 瘤 | *m·ru, *m·rus |
| 遛 | *m·ru |
| 鎦 | *m·ru |
| 飀 | *m·ru |
| 鰡 | *m·ru |
| 嵧 | *m·ru |
| 餾 | *m·ru, *m·rus |
| 瀏 | *m·ru, *m·ruʔ |
| 懰 | *m·ru, *m·ruʔ |
| 柳 | *m·ruʔ |
| 珋 | *m·ruʔ |
| 罶 | *m·ruʔ |
| 嬼 | *m·ruʔ, *m·rus |
| 溜 | *m·rus |
| 霤 | *m·rus |
| 廇 | *m·rus |
| 塯 | *m·rus |

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mǎo (mao$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): maau$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mǎo
*** Wade–Giles: mao$^3$
*** Yale: mǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mao
*** Palladius: мао (mao)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: maau$^5$
*** Yale: máauh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: maau$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mao$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /maːu̯¹³/
* Middle Chinese: maewX, ljuwX
Rime :
| Character | 茆 | 茆 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | III |
| Fanqie | 莫飽切 | 力久切 |
| Baxter | maewX | ljuwX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mˠau$^X$/ | /lɨu$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mᵚau$^X$/ | /liu$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mau$^X$/ | /liəu$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /maɨw$^X$/ | /luw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /mau$^X$/ | /liu$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /mau$^X$/ | /lĭəu$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mau$^X$/ | /li̯ə̯u$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mǎo | liǔ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | maau$^5$ | lau$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤruʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*mruːʔ/, /*m·ruʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 茆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | mǎo |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ mæw$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*mˁruʔ/ |
| English | Brasenia |
| 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 | 茆 | 茆 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 8874 | 8899 |
| Phonetic component | 卯 | 卯 |
| Rime group | 幽 | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 卯 | 柳 |
| Old Chinese | /*mruːʔ/ | /*m·ruʔ/ |

#### Definitions

茆
* water shield (Brasenia schreberi)
    Synonyms: 蒓 / 莼 (chún), 蓴 (chún)
* a surname

#### Compounds

* 不對茆荀兒 / 不对茆荀儿
* 筍裡不知茆裡 / 笋里不知茆里

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): máo (mao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: máo
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: máo
*** Wade–Giles: mao$^2$
*** Yale: máu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau
*** Palladius: мао (mao)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɑʊ̯³⁵/

#### Definitions

茆
* Alternative form of 茅 (máo, “cogon grass”)
* a surname

#### Compounds

* 白茆 (báimáo)
* 茆店
* 茆茨
* 蓬茆

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* garden
* farm
* yard

#### Readings

* Go-on: みょう (myō)
* Kan-on: ぼう (bō)
* Kun: かや (kaya, 茆)、その (sono, 茆)、めなわ (menawa)