# 沬

| 沬 | U+6CAC, &#27820; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6CAC |
| ← 沫 [U+6CAB] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 沭 → [U+6CAD] |

## Translingual
### Han character

沬 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水十木 (EJD), four-corner 3519$_0$, composition ⿰氵未)

#### Derived characters

* 𭈣, 𪶚, 𮄇

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 612, character 14
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17236
* Dae Jaweon: page 1006, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1578, character 1
* Unihan data for U+6CAC

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 寐 | *mids |
| 魅 | *mrɯds |
| 鬽 | *mrɯds |
| 昧 | *mɯːds |
| 妹 | *mɯːds |
| 眛 | *maːds, *mɯːds |
| 沬 | *maːds, *hmɯːds, *mɯds |
| 未 | *mɯds |
| 味 | *mɯds |
| 鮇 | *mɯds |
| 菋 | *mɯds |

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huì (hui$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huì
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huèi
*** Wade–Giles: hui$^4$
*** Yale: hwèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huey
*** Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*hmɯːds/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 沬 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| No. | 12916 |
| Phonetic component | 未 |
| Rime group | 隊 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | |
| Old Chinese | /*hmɯːds/ |

#### Definitions

沬
* (Classical) to wash the face
* For pronunciation and definitions of 沬 – see 頮 (“to wash the face”). (This character is a variant form of 頮).

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Mèi (Mei$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Mèi
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Mèi
*** Wade–Giles: Mei$^4$
*** Yale: Mèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mey
*** Palladius: Мэй (Mɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /meɪ̯⁵¹/
* Middle Chinese: mj+jH, majH
Rime :
| Character | 沬 | 沬 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (21) | 泰 (25) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 無沸切 | 莫貝切 |
| Baxter | mj+jH | majH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mʉi$^H$/ | /mɑi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mʷɨi$^H$/ | /mɑi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /miuəi$^H$/ | /mɑi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /muj$^H$/ | /maj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /miuəi$^H$/ | /mɑi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭwəi$^H$/ | /mɑi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mwe̯i$^H$/ | /mɑi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wèi | mèi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mei$^6$ | mui$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*mɯds/, /*maːds/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 沬 | 沬 |
| Reading # | 3/3 | 1/3 |
| No. | 12919 | 9218 |
| Phonetic component | 未 | 末 |
| Rime group | 隊 | 祭 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 未 | 昧 |
| Old Chinese | /*mɯds/ | /*maːds/ |
| Notes | | 校本改沫 |

#### Definitions

沬
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### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mèi (mei$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mèi
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mèi
*** Wade–Giles: mei$^4$
*** Yale: mèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mey
*** Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /meɪ̯⁵¹/

#### Definitions

沬
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) the light of twilight

### Pronunciation 4

* Eastern Min (BUC): mê
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bī
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bhi$^7$
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: mê
*** Sinological IPA : /mɛi²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī
*** Tâi-lô: bī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bi
*** IPA (Xiamen): /bi²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /bi³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bhi$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bī
*** Sinological IPA : /bi¹¹/

#### Definitions

沬
* (Eastern Min, Southern Min) to sink
* (Eastern Min, Southern Min) to lose oneself in, to become engrossed in, to become addicted to
* (Eastern Min) to bow one's head

### Compounds

* 沬水
* 沬血 (mèixuè)
* 沬頭泅 / 沬头泅
* 沬頭溜 / 沬头溜
* 洿沬
* 藏水沬
* 踮沬
* 鑽水沬 / 钻水沬

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B02050

## Korean
### Hanja

沬 • (min) (hangeul 민, revised mae, McCune–Reischauer mae, Yale may)
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