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U+52D9, 務
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52D9

[U+52D8]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+52DA]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 19, +9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 弓竹竹水尸 (NHHES) or 弓竹人大尸 (NHOKS), four-corner 18227, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 148, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2394
  • Dae Jaweon: page 334, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2765, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+52D9

Chinese

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trad.
simp.
alternative forms

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *moɡs) : phonetic (OC *moʔ, *mos) + semantic (strength).

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mow (to work; to move) (STEDT). Cognate with (OC *mus, “to strive”), Garo mo (to move), Jingpho mu ⪤ ə mu (work; labor), Burmese မူ (mu, to pursue some course of action; to act), အမှု (a.hmu., lawsuit).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (4)
Final () (24)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter mjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mɨoH/
Pan
Wuyun
/mioH/
Shao
Rongfen
/mioH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/muə̆H/
Li
Rong
/mioH/
Wang
Li
/mĭuH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/mi̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mou6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ mjuH ›
Old
Chinese
/*m(r)o-s/
English exert oneself

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 8849
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*moɡs/

Definitions

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  1. to be engaged in; to be devoted to
      ―    ―  service
  2. to seek; to pursue
  3. business; affairs
  4. must; should; be sure to
  5. 26th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "endeavor" (𝌟)
  6. a surname

Compounds

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: () (mu)
  • Korean: 무(務) (mu)
  • Vietnamese: vụ ()

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (Eastern Min) Alternative form of (to have)

References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. task, duties

Readings

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Compounds

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Korean

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Hanja

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(eumhun 힘쓸 (himsseul mu))

  1. hanja form? of (to be engaged in; to be devoted to)

Compounds

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Việt readings: vụ[1]
: Nôm readings: mùa[2], múa[3]

  1. chữ Hán form of vụ (case, affair).
  2. Nôm form of vụ, mùa (season).

References

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