# 黴

| 黴 | U+9EF4, &#40692; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EF4 |
| ← 黳 [U+9EF3] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 黵 → [U+9EF5] |

## Translingual
### Han character

黴 (Kangxi radical 203, 黑+11, 23 strokes, cangjie input 竹人山火大 (HOUFK) or 難竹人山火 (XHOUF), four-corner 2824$_0$, composition ⿰彳𪑛)

#### Derived characters

* 𭼼

#### Related characters

* 霉 (Variant and simplified form in Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1521, character 47
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48196
* Dae Jaweon: page 2057, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 851, character 25
* Unihan data for U+9EF4

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 黴 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 矀 | *mrɯl, *mɯl |
| 覹 | *mrɯl |
| 黴 | *mrɯl, *mɯːls |
| 薇 | *mrɯl, *mɯl |
| 媺 | *mrɯlʔ |
| 微 | *mɯl |
| 溦 | *mɯl |
| 癓 | *mɯl |
| 徽 | *hmɯl |
| 幑 | *hmɯl |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mrɯl, *mɯːls): phonetic 微 (OC *mɯl) + semantic 黑 (“black”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): méi (mei$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mei$^4$ / mui$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): mûi / bôe / bî / hui
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bhuê$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$me
* 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: mei$^4$ / mui$^4$
*** Yale: mèih / mùih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mei$^4$ / mui$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: méi$^4$ / mui$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /mei̯²¹/, /muːi̯²¹/
* mei4 - colloquial;
* mui4 - variant.
* Middle Chinese: mij, mwojH
Rime :
| Character | 黴 | 黴 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (17) | 灰 (42) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 武悲切 | 莫佩切 |
| Baxter | mij | mwojH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mˠiɪ/ | /muʌi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mᵚi/ | /muoi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /miɪ/ | /muɒi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /mji/ | /mwəj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /mji/ | /muᴀi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /mi/ | /muɒi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mi/ | /muɑ̆i$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mí | mèi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mei$^4$ | mui$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*mrɯl/, /*mɯːls/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 黴 | 黴 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 12797 | 12800 |
| Phonetic component | 微 | 微 |
| Rime group | 微 | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 眉 | 妹 |
| Old Chinese | /*mrɯl/ | /*mɯːls/ |
| Notes | 今作黴 | |

### Definitions

黴
* mold; mildew; must
* (alt. form 霉) to become moldy
* (of one's face) dirty; dingy; dark

### Compounds

* 土黴素 / 土霉素
* 康黴素 / 康霉素
* 新黴素 / 新霉素 (xīnméisù)
* 氯黴素 / 氯霉素 (lǜméisù)
* 白黴 / 白霉
* 白黴素 / 白霉素
* 赤黴素 / 赤霉素 (chìméisù)
* 金黴素 / 金霉素 (jīnméisù)
* 鉑黴素 / 铂霉素
* 鏈黴素 / 链霉素
* 青黴 / 青霉 (qīngméi)
* 青黴素 / 青霉素 (qīngméisù)
* 麴黴 / 曲霉 (qūméi)
* 黑黴菌 / 黑霉菌
* 黴菌 / 霉菌 (méijūn)
* 黴菌病 / 霉菌病
* 黴黑 / 霉黑
* 黴黧 / 霉黧

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04782
* “黴”, 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)
* mold

#### Readings

* Go-on: め (me)、み (mi)
* Kan-on: ばい (bai)、び (bi)
* On: まい (mai)
* Kun: かび (kabi, 黴)、かびる (kabiru, 黴る)

#### Compounds

* 黴(ばい)菌(きん) (baikin, “germs”)
* 黴(ばい)毒(どく) (baidoku, “syphilis”)
* 黴(ばい)雨(う) (baiu, “rainy season”)

### Noun

* Kanji in this term
* 黴
* かび Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* カビ
黴(かび) or 黴(カビ) • (kabi)
* mold

## Korean
### Hanja

黴 • (mi) (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune–Reischauer mi, Yale mi)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

黴: Hán Nôm readings: mai, mị
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#### References

* Nom Foundation