# 廟

| 廟 | U+5EDF, &#24287; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EDF |
| ← 廞 [U+5EDE] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 廠 → [U+5EE0] |

## Translingual
### Han character

廟 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 戈十十月 (IJJB), four-corner 0022$_7$, composition ⿸广朝)

#### Derived characters

* 𫗻(𬳙)

#### Related characters

* 庙 (Simplified Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 350, character 28
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9489
* Dae Jaweon: page 662, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 901, character 2
* Unihan data for U+5EDF

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 嘲 | *ʔr'eːw |
| 廟 | *mrews |
| 朝 | *ʔr'ew, *r'ew |
| 潮 | *r'ew |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mrews): semantic 广 + phonetic 朝 (OC *ʔr'ew, *r'ew).

### Etymology

Possibly related to Proto-Hmong-Mien *prəuX (“house”), whence White Hmong tsev (“idem”) (Schuessler, 2007). Note also Burmese မြို့ (mrui., “town, city”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): miào (miao$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): miao$^4$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): мё (mi͡o, III)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): miu$^6$ / miu$^{6-2}$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): miau$^5$ / miau$^{5*}$
* Gan (Wiktionary): mieu$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): meu
    (Hailu, HRS): miau$^˖$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): miau$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): miau$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): miāu
* Eastern Min (BUC): miêu
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): biō / biāu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bhio$^7$ / bhiê$^7$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$miau
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): miau$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: miào
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: miào
*** Wade–Giles: miao$^4$
*** Yale: myàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miaw
*** Palladius: мяо (mjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: miao$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: miao
*** Sinological IPA : /miau²¹³/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: мё (mi͡o, III)
*** Sinological IPA : /miɔː⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: miu$^6$ / miu$^{6-2}$
*** Yale: miuh / míu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: miu$^6$ / miu$^{6-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: miu$^6$ / miu$^{6-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /miːu̯²²/, /miːu̯²²⁻³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: miau$^5$ / miau$^{5*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵐbiau³²/, /ᵐbiau³²⁻³²⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: mieu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /miɛu¹¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: meu
*** Hakka Romanization System: meu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: meu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /meu̯⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: miau$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /miau³³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: miau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /miau⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: miau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /miau⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: miāu
*** Sinological IPA : /miau⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: miêu
*** Sinological IPA : /miɛu²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biō
*** Tâi-lô: biō
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bioi
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɤ³³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /bio⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bio²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /bio³³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biāu
*** Tâi-lô: biāu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: biau
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /biau²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /biau⁴¹/
* biō - vernacular;
* biāu - literary.
* Middle Chinese: mjewH
Rime :
| Character | 廟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (92) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 眉召切 |
| Baxter | mjewH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mˠiᴇu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mᵚiɛu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /miæu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /miaw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /mjɛu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭɛu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mi̯ɛu$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | miào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | miu$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[m]raw-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*mrews/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 廟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | miào |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ mjew$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[m]raw-s/ |
| English | a kind of building with side rooms |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 廟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1306 |
| Phonetic component | 朝 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 廟 |
| Old Chinese | /*mrews/ |
| Notes | 古文作庿 |

### Definitions

廟
* (architecture, religion) temple (Classifier: 座; 間／间)
       níng chāi shí zuò miào, bù huǐ yī zhuāng hūn [Pinyin]
       I’d rather tear down ten temples than destroy a marriage.

#### Usage notes

The term 廟 is primarily used in the formal names for the temples of traditional deities who rank fairly low in the celestial hierarchy. The temples of higher-ranking gods, such as Mazu after her elevation to the "Queen of Heaven" by the Qing dynasty, are usually known as 宮／宫 (gōng, “palace”).

#### Synonyms

* 佛寺 (fósì) (Buddhist temple)
* 佛教堂 (Philippine Hokkien)
* 宮廟 / 宫庙 (Hokkien, Teochew)
* 寶剎 / 宝刹 (bǎochà) (Buddhist temple)
* 寺
* 寺廟 / 寺庙 (sìmiào)
* 尪廟 / 尪庙 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 廟宇 / 庙宇 (miàoyǔ)
* 廟寺 / 庙寺 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 梵宇 (fànyǔ) (literary, Buddhist temple)
* 禪寺 / 禅寺 (chánsì) (Buddhist temple)
* 禪房 / 禅房 (chánfáng) (Buddhist temple)
* 禪林 / 禅林 (chánlín) (Buddhist temple)
* 禪院 / 禅院 (chányuàn) (Buddhist temple)

#### Compounds

* 七廟 / 七庙
* 三官廟 / 三官庙 (Sānguānmiào)
* 三義廟 / 三义庙
* 五妃廟 / 五妃庙
* 五臟廟 / 五脏庙
* 仙公廟 / 仙公庙 (xiāngōngmiào)
* 仙女廟 / 仙女庙
* 伍相廟 / 伍相庙 (Wǔxiàngmiào)
* 修五臟廟 / 修五脏庙
* 入屋叫人，入廟拜神 / 入屋叫人，入庙拜神
* 入廟登位 / 入庙登位
* 原廟 / 原庙
* 古廟 / 古庙 (gǔmiào)
* 同北廟 / 同北庙 (Tóngběimiào)
* 告廟 / 告庙
* 土地廟 / 土地庙 (tǔdìmiào)
* 城隍廟 / 城隍庙 (chénghuángmiào)
* 基隆廟口 / 基隆庙口
* 大廟 / 大庙
* 太廟 / 太庙 (tàimiào)
* 孔子廟 / 孔子庙 (Kǒngzǐmiào)
* 孔廟 / 孔庙 (Kǒngmiào)
* 學廟 / 学庙 (xuémiào)
* 宗廟 / 宗庙 (zōngmiào)
* 宗廟丘墟 / 宗庙丘墟
* 宮廟 / 宫庙 (gōngmiào)
* 家廟 / 家庙 (jiāmiào)
* 寢廟 / 寝庙
* 寺廟 / 寺庙 (sìmiào)
* 小廟 / 小庙
* 岳廟 / 岳庙
* 嶽廟 / 岳庙
* 廊廟 / 廊庙
* 廊廟器 / 廊庙器
* 廊廟宰 / 廊庙宰
* 廊廟材 / 廊庙材
* 廟下 / 庙下 (Miàoxià)
* 廟主 / 庙主
* 廟享 / 庙享
* 廟令 / 庙令
* 廟公 / 庙公 (miàogōng)
* 廟前 / 庙前 (Miàoqián)
* 廟堂 / 庙堂 (miàotáng)
* 廟堂之器 / 庙堂之器
* 廟堂文學 / 庙堂文学
* 廟宇 / 庙宇 (miàoyǔ)
* 廟小妖風大，池淺王八多 / 庙小妖风大，池浅王八多 (miào xiǎo yāofēng dà, chí qiǎn wángbā duō)
* 廟廊之彥 / 庙廊之彦
* 廟廷 / 庙廷
* 廟會 / 庙会 (miàohuì)
* 廟朝 / 庙朝
* 廟河 / 庙河 (Miàohé)
* 廟灘 / 庙滩 (Miàotān)
* 廟略 / 庙略
* 廟祝 / 庙祝 (miàozhù)
* 廟蘆 / 庙芦 (Miàolú)
* 廟號 / 庙号 (miàohào)
* 廟見 / 庙见
* 廟諱 / 庙讳
* 廟謨 / 庙谟
* 廟議 / 庙议
* 廟頭 / 庙头 (Miàotóu)
* 廟食 / 庙食
* 彰化孔廟 / 彰化孔庙
* 文廟 / 文庙 (wénmiào)
* 新廟 / 新庙 (Xīnmiào)
* 李廟 / 李庙 (Lǐmiào)
* 東嶽廟 / 东岳庙 (Dōngyuèmiào)
* 東廟 / 东庙 (Dōngmiào)
* 柴家廟 / 柴家庙 (Cháijiāmiào)
* 歇馬廟 / 歇马庙 (Xiēmǎmiào)
* 歐廟 / 欧庙 (Ōumiào)
* 武廟 / 武庙 (wǔmiào)
* 殘燈末廟 / 残灯末庙
* 汪廟 / 汪庙 (Wāngmiào)
* 清廟 / 清庙
* 火燒祆廟 / 火烧祆庙
* 火神廟 / 火神庙
* 玄謀廟算 / 玄谋庙算
* 王廟 / 王庙 (Wángmiào)
* 玉皇廟 / 玉皇庙 (Yùhuángmiào)
* 白廟 / 白庙 (Báimiào)
* 百靈廟 / 百灵庙 (Bǎilíngmiào)
* 破廟 / 破庙
* 神廟 / 神庙 (shénmiào)
* 祔廟 / 祔庙
* 祖廟 / 祖庙 (zǔmiào)
* 祭五臟廟 / 祭五脏庙
* 紅馬廟 / 红马庙 (Hóngmǎmiào)
* 老君廟 / 老君庙
* 老爺廟 / 老爷庙
* 聖廟 / 圣庙 (shèngmiào)
* 臺南孔廟 / 台南孔庙
* 彪家廟 / 彪家庙 (Biāojiāmiào)
* 辭廟 / 辞庙
* 郊廟 / 郊庙
* 郊廟歌辭 / 郊庙歌辞
* 鐵廟 / 铁庙 (Tiěmiào)
* 鐵廟溝 / 铁庙沟 (Tiěmiàogōu)
* 開廟 / 开庙
* 關帝廟 / 关帝庙 (Guāndìmiào)
* 關廟 / 关庙 (Guānmiào)
* 陰廟 / 阴庙 (yīnmiào)
* 陵廟 / 陵庙
* 雙廟 / 双庙 (Shuāngmiào)
* 顏家廟碑 / 颜家庙碑
* 顧廟 / 顾庙 (Gùmiào)
* 顯忠廟 / 显忠庙 (Xiǎnzhōngmiào)
* 馬曹廟 / 马曹庙 (Mǎcáomiào)
* 高基廟 / 高基庙 (Gāojīmiào)
* 高廟 / 高庙 (Gāomiào)
* 黃陵廟 / 黄陵庙 (Huánglíngmiào)
* 黃龍廟 / 黄龙庙 (Huánglóngmiào)
* 龍王廟 / 龙王庙 (lóngwángmiào)

### Descendants

* → Japanese: 廟(びょう) (byō)
* → Korean: 묘(廟) (myo)
* → Vietnamese: miếu (廟)
Others:
* → Proto-Be: *miːwᴮꟲ²
** Lingao: miu⁴
* → Lü: ᦶᦖᧁᧈ (ṁaew¹)

### References

* “廟”, 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

| Shinjitai (extended) | Shinjitai (extended) |
| 廟󠄂 廟+&#xE0102; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | Shinjitai (extended) |
| Kyūjitai | 廟 |
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### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: みょう (myō)
* Kan-on: びょう (byō)
* Kun: たまや (tamaya, 廟)、みたまや (mitamaya, 廟)、やしろ (yashiro, 廟)

### Noun

廟(びょう) • (byō)
* mausoleum
* shrine
* palace

## Korean
### Hanja

廟 (eumhun 사당 묘 (sadang myo))
* hanja form of 묘 (“temple, shrine”)
* hanja form of 묘 (“imperial court”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

廟: Hán Nôm readings: miếu, mưỡu, méo, miễu
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