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描	U+63CF, 描 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63CF

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[U+63CE]

CJK Unified Ideographs

提 →
[U+63D0]

Translingual

Han character

描 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, Cangjie input 手廿田 (QTW), four-corner 5406₀, composition ⿰扌苗)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 441, character 17
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12339
Dae Jaweon: page 792, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1892, character 3
Unihan data for U+63CF

Chinese

trad.		描
simp. ^#		描

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (苗) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
貓	mreːw, mrew
描	mreːw, mrew
媌	mreːw, mreːwʔ
緢	mreːwʔ, mreːws, *mrew
苗	*mrew
猫	*mrew
庿	*mrews

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mreːw, *mrew): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 苗 (OC *mrew).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): miáo (miao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): miu⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): mèu

(Hailu, HRS): miau
Eastern Min (BUC): mièu
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bieo²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): biâu / biô
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶miau / ²miau
- (Jinhua): ²miau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: miáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: miáo
  - Wade–Giles: miao²
  - Yale: myáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miau
  - Palladius: мяо (mjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: miu⁴
  - Yale: mìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: miu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: miu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: meu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: meu²
  - Sinological IPA: /meu̯¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: miau
  - Sinological IPA: /miau⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: mièu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mieu⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bieo²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bá̤u
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pieu¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bieo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pieu²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biâu / biô
  - Tâi-lô: biâu / biô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: biaau, biooi
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /biau²⁴/, /bio²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /biau²⁴/, /bio²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /biau¹³/, /bio¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /biau²⁴/, /bio²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /biau²³/, /biɤ²³/

Note:

biâu - literary;
biô - vernacular.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶miau
  - MiniDict: miau^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³miau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /miɔ²³/
- (Northern: Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Zhoushan)
  - Wugniu: ²miau
  - MiniDict: miau^平
  - Sinological IPA (Jiading): /miɔ³¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /miɔ³¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /ɦmiɔ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /miæ²²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /miaɯ¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /miɔ³¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /miɔ²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /miɒ²³¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /miɔ³¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /miɔ²²/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ²miau
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /miɑu³¹³/

Middle Chinese: mjew, maew

Rime
Character	描	描
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	武瀌切	莫交切
Baxter	mjew	maew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiᴇu/	/mˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚiɛu/	/mᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/miæu/	/mau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miaw/	/maɨw/
Li Rong	/mjɛu/	/mau/
Wang Li	/mĭɛu/	/mau/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛu/	/mau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	miáo	máo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	miu⁴	maau⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*mreːw/, /*mrew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	描	描
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9102	9107
Phonetic component	苗	苗
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	茅	苗
Old Chinese	/*mreːw/	/*mrew/

Definitions

描

to copy; to trace; to sketch
to depict; to describe

Compounds

References

“描”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “描”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 157.

Japanese

Kanji

描

(Jōyō kanji)

picture, sketch, drawing, painting

Readings

Go-on: みょう (myō)^{←めう (meu, historical)}
Kan-on: びょう (byō, Jōyō)^{←べう (beu, historical)}
Kun: えがく (egaku, 描く, Jōyō)^{←ゑがく (wegaku, 描く, historical)}、かく (kaku, 描く, Jōyō)、かき (kaki)

Korean

Hanja

描 (eumhun 그릴 묘 (geuril myo))

hanja form^? of 묘 (“copy”)

Compounds

묘사 (描寫, myosa, “description; depiction; portrayal”)

Vietnamese

Han character

描: Hán Nôm readings: miêu, miều

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