描

See also: 猫
描 U+63CF, 描
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63CF
← 揎
[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

Note:
  • biâu - literary;
  • biô - vernacular.
    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/
    Bernard
    Karlgren    		 /mi̯ɛu/ /mau/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex    		 miáo máo
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex    		 miu4 maau4
    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

    1. to copy; to trace; to sketch
    2. to depict; to describe

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Kanji
    描

    (common “Jōyō” kanji)

    1. picture, sketch, drawing, painting

    Readings

    Korean

    Hanja

    描 (eumhun 그릴 묘 (geuril myo))

    1. Hanja form? of 묘 (“copy”).

    Compounds

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    描: Hán Nôm readings: miêu, miều

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