拇

拇 U+62C7, 拇
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62C7
← 拆
[U+62C6]
CJK Unified Ideographs 拈 →
[U+62C8]

Translingual

Han character

拇 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手田卜戈 (QWYI), four-corner 57050, composition ⿰扌母)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 424, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11944
  • Dae Jaweon: page 773, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1862, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+62C7

Chinese

simp. and trad.
拇
alternative forms 𧿹

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *mɯʔ) : semantic 扌 + phonetic 母 (OC *mɯʔ).

Etymology

Sino-Tibetan; compare Proto-Loloish *C-ma³ (“thumb”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Possibly related to 母 (OC *mɯʔ, “mother”); compare Proto-Loloish *C-ma³ (“female suffix”), *ʔəC-ma³ (“mother”), Zhuang mehfwngz (“thumb”), derived from meh (“mother”).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • bió/bó͘ - literary;
  • bó/bú - vernacular.
    • Wu
      • (Shanghai):
        • Wugniu: 1mu; 1m
        • MiniDict: 'mu平; 'm平
        • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 1'mu; 1'mm
        • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mu⁵³/, /m̩⁵³/

Rime
Character 拇
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 莫厚切
Baxter muwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/məuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/məuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/məuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/məwX/
Li
Rong
/muX/
Wang
Li
/məuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
mǒu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mau5
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 拇
Reading # 1/1
No. 9287
Phonetic
component
母
Rime
group
之
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
母
Old
Chinese
/*mɯʔ/

Definitions

拇

  1. (anatomy) thumb
  2. (anatomy) big toe

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

拇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. thumb

Readings

Korean

Hanja

拇 (eum 무 (mu))

  1. thumb
  2. big toe

Vietnamese

Han character

拇: Hán Nôm readings: mẫu

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