未亡人

Chinese

not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m. to die; to perish man; person; people
trad. (未亡人) 未 亡 人
simp. #(未亡人) 未 亡 人
Literally: “the person who hasn't yet died”.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 未 亡 人
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 明 (4) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 微 (21) 陽 (106) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed Open
Division (等) III III III
Fanqie 無沸切 武方切 如鄰切
Baxter mj+jH mjang nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mʉiH/ /mʉɐŋ/ /ȵiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/mʷɨiH/ /mʷiɐŋ/ /ȵin/
Shao
Rongfen
/miuəiH/ /miuɑŋ/ /ȵʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mujH/ /muaŋ/ /ȵin/
Li
Rong
/miuəiH/ /miuaŋ/ /ȵiĕn/
Wang
Li
/mĭwəiH/ /mĭwaŋ/ /ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mwe̯iH/ /miwaŋ/ /ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wèi wáng rén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mei6 mong4 jan4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 未 未 亡 人
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wèi wèi wáng rén
Middle
Chinese
‹ mjɨjH › ‹ mjɨjH › ‹ mjang › ‹ nyin ›
Old
Chinese
/*m[ə]t-s/ /*m[ə]t-s/ /*maŋ/ /*ni[ŋ]/
English not yet 8th earthly branch flee; disappear; die (other) person

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 未 亡 人
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1
No. 12917 12662 10800
Phonetic
component
未 亡 人
Rime
group
隊 陽 眞
Rime
subdivision
1 0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
未 亡 仁
Old
Chinese
/*mɯds/ /*maŋ/ /*njin/
Notes 從屮從木與芔字同根,
陳獨秀雲木上加屮象幼枝

Noun

未亡人

  1. (literary) widow (typically as self-reference)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (未亡人):

Japanese

Pronunciation 1

Kanji in this term
未 亡 人
み
Grade: 4
ぼう
Grade: 6
じん
Grade: 1
on’yomi
  • (Tokyo) みぼ​ーじん [mìbóꜜòjìǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [mʲibo̞ːʑĩɴ]

Noun

未(み)亡(ぼう)人(じん) • (mibōjin) ←みばうじん (mibauzin)?

  1. widow
Synonyms

Pronunciation 2

Kanji in this term
未 亡 人
び
Grade: 4
ぼう
Grade: 6
じん
Grade: 1
on’yomi
  • (Tokyo) びぼ​ーじん [bìbóꜜòjìǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [bʲibo̞ːʑĩɴ]

Noun

未(び)亡(ぼう)人(じん) • (bibōjin) ←びばうじん (bibauzin)?

  1. widow

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
未亡人

Noun

未亡人 • (mimang'in) (hangeul 미망인)

  1. Hanja form? of 미망인.
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