# 侔

| 侔 | U+4F94, &#20372; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F94 |
| ← 侓 [U+4F93] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 侕 → [U+4F95] |

## Translingual
### Han character

侔 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人戈竹手 (OIHQ), four-corner 2325$_0$, composition ⿰亻牟)
* equal

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 102, character 8
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 597
* Dae Jaweon: page 216, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 154, character 13
* Unihan data for U+4F94

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 侔
* Small seal scripts05752
* References:
* Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
* Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
* Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
* Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
* Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
| | Old Chinese |
| 牟 | *mu |
| 眸 | *mu |
| 侔 | *mu |
| 蛑 | *mu |
| 麰 | *mu |
| 劺 | *mu |
| 恈 | *mu |
| 鴾 | *mu |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): móu (mou$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mau$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: móu
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: móu
*** Wade–Giles: mou$^2$
*** Yale: móu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mou
*** Palladius: моу (mou)
*** Sinological IPA : /moʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mau$^4$
*** Yale: màuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: meo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐu̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: mjuw
Rime :
| Character | 侔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 莫浮切 |
| Baxter | mjuw |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mɨu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /miu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /miəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /muw/ |
| Li Rong | /miu/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭəu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mi̯ə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | móu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mau$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*mu/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 侔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9269 |
| Phonetic component | 牟 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 謀 |
| Old Chinese | /*mu/ |

### Definitions

侔
* (literary) to match; to equal
    From: c. 734, 李白,《與韓荊州書》, translation based on Luo Jingguo's work
    Jūnhóu zhìzuò móu shénmíng, déxíng dòng tiāndì, bǐ cān zàohuà, xué jiū tiānrén. [Pinyin]
    Your achievciments are godlike; your meritorious deeds have moved heaven and earth; your essays expound the law of nature, and your knowledge is all embracing, including the ways of both Heaven and humankind.
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 牟 (“to seek; to obtain”)

### Compounds

* 侔德
* 侔德覆載 / 侔德覆载
* 侔色揣稱 / 侔色揣称
* 相侔

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ぼう (bō)、む (mu)
* Kun: ひとしい (hitoshii)、そろう (sorō)、したがう (shitagau)、つとめる (tsutomeru)、とる (toru)、はかる (hakaru)

## Korean
### Hanja

侔 (eum 모 (mo))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

侔: Hán Nôm readings: mầu, mâu
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#### References

* Nom Foundation