# 酶

| 酶 | U+9176, &#37238; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9176 |
| ← 酵 [U+9175] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 酷 → [U+9177] |

## Translingual
### Han character

酶 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一田人田卜 (MWOWY), four-corner 1865$_7$, composition ⿰酉每)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1283, character 13
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39869
* Dae Jaweon: page 1783, character 9
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3584, character 1
* Unihan data for U+9176

## Chinese

* 酶 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Enzyme (English)

### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 脢 | *mɯːs, *mɯː, *mɯːs |
| 挴 | *mlɯːʔ, *mɯːʔ |
| 海 | *hmlɯːʔ |
| 毐 | *ʔmɯː, *ʔmɯːʔ |
| 呣 | *mɯ |
| 拇 | *mɯʔ |
| 母 | *mɯʔ |
| 胟 | *mɯʔ |
| 姆 | *mɯʔ, *mɯs, *maːʔ |
| 畮 | *mɯʔ |
| 踇 | *mɯʔ |
| 苺 | *mɯs, *mɯːʔ, *mɯːs |
| 莓 | *mɯs, *mɯː, *mɯːs |
| 敏 | *mrɯʔ, *mrɯŋʔ |
| 鰵 | *mrɯŋʔ |
| 慜 | *mrɯŋʔ |
| 毋 | *ma |
| 梅 | *mɯː |
| 酶 | *mɯː |
| 鋂 | *mɯː |
| 每 | *mɯːʔ |
| 毎 | *mɯːs |
| 痗 | *mɯːs, *hmɯːs |
| 晦 | *hmɯːs |
| 誨 | *hmɯːs |
| 悔 | *hmɯːʔ, *hmɯːs |
| 霉 | *mrɯl |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mɯː): semantic 酉 + phonetic 每 (OC *mɯːʔ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): méi (mei$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mui$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): mûi / bôe
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bhuê$^5$
* 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$^4$
*** Yale: mùih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mui$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mui$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /muːi̯²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi
*** Tâi-lô: muî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: muii
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /muĩ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bôe
*** Tâi-lô: buê
*** Phofsit Daibuun: boee
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue¹³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bhuê$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buê
*** Sinological IPA : /bue⁵⁵/
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*mɯː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 酶 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9304 |
| Phonetic component | 母 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 枚 |
| Old Chinese | /*mɯː/ |
| Notes | 正體從米，周禮作媒 |

### Definitions

酶
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 媒 (“yeast”)
* (biochemistry) enzyme
    酯酶 ― zhǐméi ― esterase
    蛋白酶 ― dànbáiméi ― protease
    Synonym: 酵素 (jiàosù)

### Compounds

* 固氮酶 (gùdànméi)
* 消化酶 (xiāohuàméi)
* 澱粉酶 / 淀粉酶 (diànfěnméi)
* 激酶 (jīméi)
* 發酵酶 / 发酵酶
* 碳酸酐酶 (tànsuāngānméi)
* 細胞溶解酶 / 细胞溶解酶
* 肽酶 (tàiméi)
* 胃蛋白酶 (wèidànbáiméi)
* 胰澱粉酶 / 胰淀粉酶
* 胰脂酶
* 胰蛋白酶 (yídànbáiméi)
* 脲酶 (niàoméi)
* 蔗糖酶 (zhètángméi)
* 轉化酶 / 转化酶
* 過氧化氫酶 / 过氧化氢酶 (guòyǎnghuàqīngméi)
* 酒化酶
* 酒精去氫酶 / 酒精去氢酶
* 酯酶 (zhǐméi)
* 酶原 (méiyuán)
* 酶學 / 酶学 (méixué)
* 麥芽糖酶 / 麦芽糖酶 (màiyátángméi)

### References

* “酶”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ばい (bai)、め (me)
* Kun: さけのもと (sakenomoto)、さかだね (sakadane)

## Korean
### Hanja

酶 (eum 매 (mae))
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## Vietnamese
### Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, muối): semantic 酉 (“wine”) + phonetic 每 (mỗi).

### Han character

酶: Hán Việt readings: môi (謀(mưu)杯(bôi)切(thiết))
酶: Nôm readings: muối
* chữ Nôm form of muối (“salt”).

### References

* 1 2 Trần (2004).
* ↑ Nguyễn (2014).