# 嘜

| 嘜 | U+561C, &#22044; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-561C |
| ← 嘛 [U+561B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嘝 → [U+561D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嘜 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口十人弓 (RJON), four-corner 6402$_7$, composition ⿰口麥)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 206, character 20
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4231
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 674, character 4
* Unihan data for U+561C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 口 (“mouth; colloquial speech”) + phonetic 麥.
For etymologies 1–4, this is based on Cantonese 麥 / 麦 (mak6).
For etymology 6, this is based on Mandarin 麥 / 麦 (mài).

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English mark, via Cantonese.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mài, mà
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ, ㄇㄚˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mak$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ba̍k
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mài
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mài
*** Wade–Giles: mai$^4$
*** Yale: mài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: may
*** Palladius: май (maj)
*** Sinological IPA : /maɪ̯⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)
*** 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: mak$^1$
*** Yale: māk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mak$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: meg$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐk̚⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍k
*** Tâi-lô: ba̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bak
*** IPA (Xiamen): /bak̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /bak̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bak̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /bak̚⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /bak̚⁴/

#### Definitions

嘜
* (dialectal) brand; trademark
    刀嘜／刀唛 [Cantonese] ― dou$^1$ mak$^1$ [Jyutping] ― Knife Brand (a brand of oil in Hong Kong)

#### Compounds

* 嘜碼 / 唛码
* 嘜號 / 唛号
* 嘜頭 / 唛头 (màitóu)
* 肥仔嘜 / 肥仔唛
* 豬嘜 / 猪唛
* 豬頭嘜 / 猪头唛
* 雜嘜 / 杂唛

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English mug. Cognate with Mandarin 馬克 / 马克 (mǎkè) in 馬克杯 / 马克杯 (mǎkèbēi).

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): mak$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mak$^1$
*** Yale: māk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mak$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: meg$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐk̚⁵/

#### Definitions

嘜 (Cantonese)
* empty can
* mug
* Classifier for number of cups or cans of rice, etc.
       gam$^1$ maan$^5$ do$^1$ zo$^2$ loeng$^5$ go$^3$ jan$^4$ lai$^4$ ci$^1$ caan$^1$, tai$^2$ lei$^4$ jiu$^3$ bou$^1$ do$^1$ jat$^1$ mak$^1$ mai$^5$ zi$^3$ gau$^3$. [Jyutping]
       Since two more people are coming over for dinner tonight, it seems like we'll need to cook one more can of rice to have enough.

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “relation to sak1 and dak1?”)

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): mak$^1$ / nak$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mak$^1$ / nak$^1$
*** Yale: māk / nāk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mak$^7$ / nak$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: meg$^1$ / neg$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐk̚⁵/, /nɐk̚⁵/

#### Definitions

嘜
* (Cantonese) great-great-grandson

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 玄孫 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 耷拉孫子, 耷拉孫兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 玄孫 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 重重孫子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 灰孫兒, 灰孫 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 末末兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 帥孫子, 灰孫子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 嘜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 嘜 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 嘜 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 玄孫 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 息嫲仔, 玄孫 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 玄孫 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 玄孫 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 玄孫 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 跳蚤, 玄孫 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 玄孫 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 玄孫 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 玄孫 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 累孫 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 元孫 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 油柑孫 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 油柑孫 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 橄欖孫孫 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 玄孫 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 實 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 玄孫 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 玄孫 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 玄玄孫 |

### Etymology 4

Borrowed from English mark.

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): maak$^1$ / maak$^3$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: maak$^1$ / maak$^3$
*** Yale: māak / maak
*** Cantonese Pinyin: maak$^7$ / maak$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mag$^1$ / mag$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /maːk̚⁵/, /maːk̚³/

#### Definitions

嘜
* (Cantonese) to mark; to make note of
** 2019, “極樂太平山 [Sonic Jail]”, in 理想國 [The Republic]:
       jyu$^4$ gwo$^2$ jau$^5$ jat$^1$ jat$^6$ ngo$^5$ dat$^6$ jin$^4$ gaan$^1$ zau$^2$ zo$^2$, zau$^6$ hai$^6$ ni$^1$ dou$^6$ gaa$^3$ laa$^3$, nei$^5$ bong$^1$ ngo$^5$ maak$^3$ zyu$^6$ go$^3$ wai$^{6-2}$ aa$^1$? [Jyutping]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mài
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mài
*** Tâi-lô: mài
*** Phofsit Daibuun: maix
*** IPA (Xiamen): /mãi²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /mãi⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /mãi²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /mãi¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /mãi²¹/

#### Definitions

嘜
* (Hokkien) Alternative form of 莫 (mài, “don't”)
    From: 2012, 許富凱 (Henry Hsu), 決心
    Mài mn̄g gōa-chōe lâng kóng êng-á-ōe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    Don't ask how many people are gossiping
    From: 2014, 郭婷筠 (Ara Guo), 嘜相找
    Hō͘-siong mài sio chhōe, lí lán í-keng bô koan-hē. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    Don't look for each other; we don't have a relationship anymore.
    From: 2015, 陳百潭 and 曹雅雯 (Olivia Tsao), 愛我著嘜來害我
    Ài góa tio̍h mài lâi hāi góa, sè-giân tio̍h m̄-thang tò-tōaⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    If you love me, then don't hurt me; you must not take back your promise

### Etymology 6
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mài (mai$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mài
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mài
*** Wade–Giles: mai$^4$
*** Yale: mài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: may
*** Palladius: май (maj)
*** Sinological IPA : /maɪ̯⁵¹/

#### Definitions

嘜
* Alternative form of 麥 / 麦 (“microphone”)
    金嘜獎／金唛奖 ― jīnmàijiǎng ― Golden Mic Awards

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ば (ba)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

嘜: Hán Nôm readings: mím, mỉm
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