耄

耄 U+8004, 耄
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8004
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Translingual

Han character

耄 (Kangxi radical 125, 老+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十心竹手山 (JPHQU), four-corner 44714, composition ⿱老毛)

Derived characters

  • 𣮳

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 960, character 32
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28848
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1409, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2781, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8004

Chinese

Glyph origin

Etymology 1

trad. 耄
simp. # 耄

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 耄
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 莫報切
Baxter mawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mɑuH/
Pan
Wuyun
/mɑuH/
Shao
Rongfen
/mɑuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mawH/
Li
Rong
/mɑuH/
Wang
Li
/mɑuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mɑuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
mào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mou6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 耄
Reading # 1/1
No. 8788
Phonetic
component
毛
Rime
group
宵
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
冃
Old
Chinese
/*maːws/

Definitions

耄

  1. (literary) very old; senile
  2. † befuddled; confused

Compounds

  • 老耄 (lǎomào)
  • 耄勤
  • 耄思
  • 耄期
  • 耄耋 (màodié)
  • 耄艾
  • 耄荒
  • 耄齡/耄龄
  • 謬耄/谬耄

Etymology 2

trad. 耄
simp. # 耄
alternative forms 卯

Pronunciation


Definitions

耄

  1. (Hokkien) sunken in; shriveled; emaciated (especially the mouth of an old person)
  2. (Hokkien) to chew slowly as a toothless person
  3. (Mainland China Hokkien) to shrivel; to cave in; to sink in
    喙耄落去 [Hokkien]  ―  喙 mauh lo̍h-khì [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  The mouth caved in.
  4. (Mainland China Hokkien) to embezzle; to misappropriate

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

耄

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. senility

Readings

  • On (unclassified): もう (mō); ぼう (bō)
  • Kun: おいぼれる (oiboreru, 耄れる)

Korean

Hanja

耄 (eum 모 (mo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

耄: Hán Nôm readings: mạo

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