# 麝

| 麝 | U+9E9D, &#40605; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9E9D |
| ← 麜 [U+9E9C] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 麞 → [U+9E9E] |

## Translingual
### Han character

麝 (Kangxi radical 198, 鹿+10, 21 strokes, cangjie input 戈心竹竹戈 (IPHHI), four-corner 0024$_1$, composition ⿸鹿射(GHTV) or ⿱鹿射(JK))

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1511, character 13
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47682
* Dae Jaweon: page 2039, character 20
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4735, character 4
* Unihan data for U+9E9D

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 麝
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 謝 | *ljaːɡs |
| 榭 | *ljaːɡs |
| 射 | *ɢljaːɡs, *laːɡs, *ɢljaːɡ, *laːɡ |
| 麝 | *ɢljaːɡs, *ɢljaːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɢljaːɡs, *ɢljaːɡ): semantic 鹿 + phonetic 射 (OC *ɢljaːɡs, *laːɡs, *ɢljaːɡ, *laːɡ).

### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sr-la (“flesh; meat; deer”) (STEDT; Gong Hwang-cherng, 2002; Schuessler, 2007). Compare Tibetan གླ (gla, “musk deer”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shè (she$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): se$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): sie$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): sa$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sa
    (Meixian, Guangdong): sa$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): se$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): iā
* Eastern Min (BUC): siâ
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sia$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): siā
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sia$^7$ / sia$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zo
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shè
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shè
*** Wade–Giles: shê$^4$
*** Yale: shè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheh
*** Palladius: шэ (šɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɤ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: se$^6$
*** Yale: seh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: se$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sé$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɛː²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: sie$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /siɛ³²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: sa$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /sa¹¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sa
*** Hakka Romanization System: sa
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sa$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /sa⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sa$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /sa⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: se$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /sɤ⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: iā
*** Sinological IPA : /ia⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: siâ
*** Sinological IPA : /siɑ²⁴²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sia$^5$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: siā
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬia²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siā
*** Tâi-lô: siā
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sia
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sia²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sia⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sia²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sia³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sia³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sia$^7$ / sia$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siā / siâ
*** Sinological IPA : /sia¹¹/, /sia⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zo
*** MiniDict: zo$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$zo
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zo²³/
* Middle Chinese: zyaeH, zyek
Rime :
| Character | 麝 | 麝 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 船 (27) | 船 (27) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (100) | 昔 (123) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 神夜切 | 食亦切 |
| Baxter | zyaeH | zyek |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʑia$^H$/ | /ʑiᴇk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʑia$^H$/ | /ʑiɛk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʑia$^H$/ | /ʑiæk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʑia$^H$/ | /ʑiajk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡ʑia$^H$/ | /d͡ʑiɛk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡ʑĭa$^H$/ | /d͡ʑĭɛk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /d͡ʑʰi̯a$^H$/ | /d͡ʑʰi̯ɛk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shè | shí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | se$^6$ | sik$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢljaːɡs/, /*ɢljaːɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 麝 | 麝 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 11224 | 11227 |
| Phonetic component | 射 | 射 |
| Rime group | 暮 | 鐸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 射 | 麝 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢljaːɡs/ | /*ɢljaːɡ/ |

### Definitions

麝
* musk deer
* musk
    麝香 ― shèxiāng ― musk
    麝牛 ― shèniú ― musk ox

### Compounds

* 冰麝
* 山麝
* 暗麝
* 有麝自然香
* 松麝
* 水麝
* 沈麝
* 腦麝 / 脑麝
* 蘭麝 / 兰麝
* 香獐
* 香獐子 (xiāngzhāngzi)
* 香麝
* 麝囊
* 麝團 / 麝团
* 麝帶 / 麝带
* 麝幄
* 麝幃 / 麝帏
* 麝月 (shèyuè)
* 麝枕
* 麝檀
* 麝沉
* 麝炷
* 麝煤
* 麝煙 / 麝烟
* 麝燈 / 麝灯
* 麝父
* 麝牋 / 麝笺
* 麝牛 (shèniú)
* 麝篝
* 麝粉
* 麝腦 / 麝脑
* 麝臍 / 麝脐
* 麝臍香 / 麝脐香
* 麝芬
* 麝蘭 / 麝兰
* 麝衾
* 麝貓 / 麝猫 (shèmāo)
* 麝酒
* 麝雉 (shèzhì)
* 麝香 (shèxiāng)
* 麝香山
* 麝香石竹
* 麝香縭 / 麝香缡
* 麝香草 (shèxiāngcǎo)
* 麝香褐
* 麝香貓 / 麝香猫 (shèxiāngmāo)
* 麝香金
* 麝香驄 / 麝香骢
* 麝墨 (shèmò)
* 麝鼠 (shèshǔ)
* 龍麝 / 龙麝

### References

* “麝”, 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), “麝”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 208.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* musk deer

#### Readings

* Go-on: じゃ (ja)、じゃく (jaku)
* Kan-on: しゃ (sha)、せき (seki)

#### Compounds

* 麝香(じゃこう) (jakō)
* 麝香豌豆(じゃこうえんどう) (jakōendō)
* 麝香鹿(じゃこうじか) (jakōjika)
* 麝香水(じゃこうすい) (jakōsui)
* 麝香猫(じゃこうねこ) (jakōneko)
* 麝香鼠(じゃこうねずみ) (jakōnezumi)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 麝 (MC zyaeH). Recorded as Middle Korean 샤〯 (syǎ) (Yale: sya) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Hanja

Wikisource 麝 (eumhun 사향노루 사 (sahyangnoru sa))
* hanja form of 사 (“musk deer”)

#### Compounds

* 사향 (麝香, sahyang)
* 사향묘 (麝香猫, sahyangmyo)
* 사향샘 (麝香샘, sahyangsaem)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

麝: Hán Nôm readings: xạ
* musk deer 貅麝 (Hươu xạ)
* musk 麝香 (Xạ Hương)