# 亹

| 亹 | U+4EB9, &#20153; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EB9 |
| ← 亸 [U+4EB8] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 人 → [U+4EBA] |

## Translingual
### Han character

亹 (Kangxi radical 8, 亠+19, 21 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹月一 (YHBM), four-corner 0010$_7$, composition ⿱亠舋)

#### Derived characters

* 𤅣, 𭯯

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 90, character 1
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 342
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 294, character 12
* Unihan data for U+4EB9

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 亹
* Transcribed ancient scriptsL13866L13867L13868L13869
* References:
* Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
* Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
* Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
* Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
* Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
| | Old Chinese |
| 釁 | *hmrɯns |
| 舋 | *hmrɯns |
| 亹 | *mɯlʔ, *mɯːn |
| 斖 | *mɯlʔ |
| 虋 | *mɯːn |
| 璺 | *mɯns |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wěi (wei$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mei$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wěi
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wěi
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^3$
*** Yale: wěi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woei
*** Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mei$^5$
*** Yale: méih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mei$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: méi$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /mei̯¹³/
* Middle Chinese: mj+jX
Rime :
| Character | 亹 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (21) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 無匪切 |
| Baxter | mj+jX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mʉi$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mʷɨi$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /miuəi$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /muj$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /miuəi$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭwəi$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /mwe̯i$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wěi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mei$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*mərʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*mɯlʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 亹 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | wěi |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ mjɨj$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*mərʔ/ |
| English | diligent |
| 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 | 亹 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 13853 |
| Phonetic component | 釁 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 尾 |
| Old Chinese | /*mɯlʔ/ |

#### Definitions

亹
* Used in 亹亹 (wěiwěi).
* (obsolete) beautiful

#### Compounds

* 亹亹 (wěiwěi)
* 亹亹不倦
* 亹亹不卷
* 斐亹

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mén (men$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mun$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mén
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mén
*** Wade–Giles: mên$^2$
*** Yale: mén
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: men
*** Palladius: мэнь (mɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /mən³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mun$^4$
*** Yale: mùhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mun$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mun$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /muːn²¹/
* Middle Chinese: mwon
Rime :
| Character | 亹 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 魂 (55) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 莫奔切 |
| Baxter | mwon |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /muən/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /muon/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /muən/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /mwən/ |
| Li Rong | /muən/ |
| Wang Li | /muən/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /muən/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mén |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mun$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤər/
    (Zhengzhang): /*mɯːn/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 亹 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | mén |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ mwon › |
| Old Chinese | /*mˁər/ |
| English | river-gorge |
| 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 | 亹 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 13856 |
| Phonetic component | 釁 |
| Rime group | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 門 |
| Old Chinese | /*mɯːn/ |

#### Definitions

亹
* (archaic) mountain pass; narrow passage of a gorge where the mountains at both sides face each other like a gate
* Used in place names.

#### Compounds

* 亹源

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 亹 – see 眉 (“eyebrow; upper margin of a book, leaflet, or page; header”). (This character is a variant form of 眉).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* busy, untiring
* to exert, to progress

#### Readings

“Diligent”, “beautiful”:
* Go-on: み (mi)
* Kan-on: び (bi)
* Kun: つとめる (tsutomeru, 亹める)、うつくしい (utsukushii, 亹しい)
“Mountain pass”:
* Go-on: もん (mon)
* Kan-on: ぼん (bon)

## Korean
### Hanja

亹 • (mi, mun) (hangeul 미, 문, revised mi, mun, McCune–Reischauer mi, mun)
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