# 莓

| 莓 | U+8393, &#33683; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8393 |
| ← 莒 [U+8392] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 莔 → [U+8394] |

## Translingual
### Han character

莓 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿人田卜 (TOWY), four-corner 4450$_7$, composition ⿱艹每)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1034, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31047
* Dae Jaweon: page 1493, character 9
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3220, character 3
* Unihan data for U+8393

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 脢 | *mɯːs, *mɯː, *mɯːs |
| 挴 | *mlɯːʔ, *mɯːʔ |
| 海 | *hmlɯːʔ |
| 毐 | *ʔmɯː, *ʔmɯːʔ |
| 呣 | *mɯ |
| 拇 | *mɯʔ |
| 母 | *mɯʔ |
| 胟 | *mɯʔ |
| 姆 | *mɯʔ, *mɯs, *maːʔ |
| 畮 | *mɯʔ |
| 踇 | *mɯʔ |
| 苺 | *mɯs, *mɯːʔ, *mɯːs |
| 莓 | *mɯs, *mɯː, *mɯːs |
| 敏 | *mrɯʔ, *mrɯŋʔ |
| 鰵 | *mrɯŋʔ |
| 慜 | *mrɯŋʔ |
| 毋 | *ma |
| 梅 | *mɯː |
| 酶 | *mɯː |
| 鋂 | *mɯː |
| 每 | *mɯːʔ |
| 毎 | *mɯːs |
| 痗 | *mɯːs, *hmɯːs |
| 晦 | *hmɯːs |
| 誨 | *hmɯːs |
| 悔 | *hmɯːʔ, *hmɯːs |
| 霉 | *mrɯl |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): méi (mei$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mui$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): m̂
    (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: mui$^4$
*** Yale: mùih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mui$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mui$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /muːi̯²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: m̂
*** Tâi-lô: m̂
*** Phofsit Daibuun: mm
*** IPA (Xiamen): /m̩²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /m̩²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /m̩¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /m̩²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /m̩²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bhuê$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buê
*** Sinological IPA : /bue⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$me
*** MiniDict: me$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$me
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /me²³/
* Middle Chinese: mwoj, mwojH, mjuwH
Rime :
| Character | 莓 | 莓 | 莓 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 明 (4) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 灰 (42) | 灰 (42) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I | III |
| Fanqie | 莫杯切 | 莫佩切 | 亡救切 |
| Baxter | mwoj | mwojH | mjuwH |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /muʌi/ | /muʌi$^H$/ | /mɨu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /muoi/ | /muoi$^H$/ | /miu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /muɒi/ | /muɒi$^H$/ | /miəu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /mwəj/ | /mwəj$^H$/ | /muw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /muᴀi/ | /muᴀi$^H$/ | /miu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /muɒi/ | /muɒi$^H$/ | /mĭəu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /muɑ̆i/ | /muɑ̆i$^H$/ | /mi̯ə̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | méi | mèi | mòu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mui$^4$ | mui$^6$ | mau$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*mɯs/, /*mɯː/, /*mɯːs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 莓 | 莓 | 莓 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 9295 | 9303 | 9313 |
| Phonetic component | 母 | 母 | 母 |
| Rime group | 之 | 之 | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 莓 | 枚 | 妹 |
| Old Chinese | /*mɯs/ | /*mɯː/ | /*mɯːs/ |
| Notes | 說文作苺 | 說文作苺 | |

### Definitions

莓
* moss
* berry

#### Compounds

* 寒莓
* 木莓 (mùméi)
* 樹莓子 / 树莓子
* 波森莓
* 紅莓 / 红莓 (hóngméi)
* 花莓
* 茅莓
* 草莓 (cǎoméi)
* 莓仔
* 莓枝
* 莓苔
* 莓莓
* 莓菓 / 莓果
* 藍莓 / 蓝莓 (lánméi)
* 虎莓
* 酸莓
* 黑莓 (hēiméi)

### References

* “莓”, 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)
* strawberry

#### Readings

* Go-on: まい (mai)、め (me)
* Kan-on: ばい (bai)
* Kun: いちご (ichigo, 莓)

### Noun

* Kanji in this term
* 莓
* いちご Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 莓 – see the following entry. :
| 【苺いちご】J | [noun] a strawberry (plant of genus Fragaria, or its fruit) [proper noun] a female given name Alternative spelling イチゴ |
| 【苺いっご】J | [noun] (Kagoshima) strawberry |
(This term, 莓, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

莓 • (mae) (hangeul 매, revised mae, McCune–Reischauer mae, Yale may)
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## Okinawan
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: いちゅび (ichubi, 莓)、いちゅびー (ichubī, 莓)

### Noun

* Kanji in this term
* 莓
* いちゅびー Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
* Kanji in this term
* 莓
* いちゅび Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
莓(いちゅび) or 莓(いちゅびー) (ichubi or ichubī)
* Alternative spelling of 苺 (“strawberry”)