# 描

| 描 | U+63CF, &#25551; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63CF |
| ← 揎 [U+63CE] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 提 → [U+63D0] |

## Translingual
### Han character

描 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手廿田 (QTW), four-corner 5406$_0$, composition ⿰扌苗)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 441, character 17
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12339
* Dae Jaweon: page 792, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1892, character 3
* Unihan data for U+63CF

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 貓 | *mreːw, *mrew |
| 描 | *mreːw, *mrew |
| 媌 | *mreːw, *mreːwʔ |
| 緢 | *mreːwʔ, *mreːws, *mrew |
| 苗 | *mrew |
| 猫 | *mrew |
| 庿 | *mrews |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mreːw, *mrew): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 苗 (OC *mrew).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): miáo (miao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): miu$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): mèu
    (Hailu, HRS): miau
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bieo$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): biâu / biô
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: miáo
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: miáo
*** Wade–Giles: miao$^2$
*** Yale: myáu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miau
*** Palladius: мяо (mjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: miu$^4$
*** Yale: mìuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: miu$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: miu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /miːu̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mèu
*** Hakka Romanization System: meu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: meu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /meu̯¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: miau
*** Sinological IPA: /miau⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bieo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /pieu¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biâu / biô
*** Tâi-lô: biâu / biô
*** Phofsit Daibuun: biaau, biooi
*** IPA (Xiamen): /biau²⁴/, /bio²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /biau²⁴/, /bio²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /biau¹³/, /bio¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /biau²⁴/, /bio²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /biau²³/, /biɤ²³/
* biâu - literary;
* biô - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: mjew, maew
Rime :
| Character | 描 | 描 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (92) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | II |
| Fanqie | 武瀌切 | 莫交切 |
| Baxter | mjew | maew |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mˠiᴇu/ | /mˠau/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mᵚiɛu/ | /mᵚau/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /miæu/ | /mau/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /miaw/ | /maɨw/ |
| Li Rong | /mjɛu/ | /mau/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭɛu/ | /mau/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mi̯ɛu/ | /mau/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | miáo | máo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | miu$^4$ | maau$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*mreːw/, /*mrew/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 描 | 描 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 9102 | 9107 |
| Phonetic component | 苗 | 苗 |
| Rime group | 宵 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 茅 | 苗 |
| Old Chinese | /*mreːw/ | /*mrew/ |

### Definitions

描
* to copy; to trace; to sketch
* to depict; to describe

### Compounds

* 平面描跡 / 平面描迹
* 掃描 / 扫描 (sǎomiáo)
* 掃描器 / 扫描器 (sǎomiáoqì)
* 描圖 / 描图 (miáotú)
* 描寫 / 描写 (miáoxiě)
* 描寫句 / 描写句
* 描摩
* 描摸
* 描摹 (miáomó)
* 描樣兒 / 描样儿
* 描眉畫眼 / 描眉画眼
* 描紅 / 描红 (miáohóng)
* 描繪 / 描绘 (miáohuì)
* 描補 / 描补
* 描賠 / 描赔
* 描述 (miáoshù)
* 描金
* 描鸞刺鳳 / 描鸾刺凤
* 描黛
* 斷層掃描 / 断层扫描 (duàncéng sǎomiáo)
* 柳葉描 / 柳叶描
* 白描 (báimiáo)
* 筆描 / 笔描
* 素描 (sùmiáo)
* 線描法 / 线描法
* 花描
* 蘭葉描 / 兰叶描
* 輕描淡寫 / 轻描淡写 (qīngmiáodànxiě)
* 間條掃描 / 间条扫描
* 點描畫法 / 点描画法

### References

* “描”, 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–
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “描”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 157.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* picture, sketch, drawing, painting

#### Readings

* Go-on: みょう (myō)
* Kan-on: びょう (byō, Jōyō)
* Kun: えがく (egaku, 描く, Jōyō)、かく (kaku, 描く, Jōyō)、かき (kaki)

## Korean
### Hanja

描 (eumhun 그릴 묘 (geuril myo))
* hanja form of 묘 (“copy”)

#### Compounds

* 묘사 (描寫, myosa, “description; depiction; portrayal”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

描: Hán Nôm readings: miêu, miều
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