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

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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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