Radical
Strokes
10
Residual strokes
8
Mandarin
míng
Teochew

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Radical
Residual strokes
8 strokes
Strokes
10 strokes
Mandarin
míng

Definitions by reading

mêng5
Mandarin equivalent míng
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng mêng5 Chaoyang mêng5 Chenghai mêng5 Jieyang mêng5 Raoping mêng5 Shantou mêng5
①昏暗:晦~。
②愚昧:~顽不灵。
③深奥,深沉:高低~迷,不知东西。〈引申〉深入的(思索):~思苦想。
④迷信称人死以后进入的世界:~~之中 | ~纸 | ~间 | ~府。
⑤深沉:冥想
⑥阴间:冥府
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mên5
Mandarin equivalent míng
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng mên5 Chaoyang mên5 Chenghai mên5 Jieyang mên5 Raoping mên5 Shantou mên5
①晚上,夜间:~行(夜里行路)。
②☞潮州话常训写作“夜”,本字即为“冥”。后增“日”旁作“暝”。
③夜里,“夜”的本字
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English meaning

dark, gloomy, night; deep

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
明母 四等 口 青韵 平声 莫經切
Reconstruction:
Original

暗也,幽也,又姓,禹後因國爲氏,風俗通云漢有冥都爲丞相史,莫經切十五。