茗

茗 U+8317, 茗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8317
← 茖
[U+8316] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 茘 →
[U+8318]

Translingual

Han character

茗 (radical 140 艸+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓戈口 (TNIR), four-corner 44607, composition ⿱艹名)

References

  • KangXi: page 1027, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30864
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1486, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3208, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8317

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 茗

Pronunciation

Definitions

茗

  1. tea

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 茶 (“tea (drink)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 茶、檟、蔎、茗、荈
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 茶
Mandarin Beijing 茶
Taiwan 茶
Harbin 茶
Jinan 茶
Muping 茶
Luoyang 茶
Jiedian 茶
Xi'an 茶
Xining 茶
Xuzhou 茶、茶葉茶
Yinchuan 茶
Lanzhou 茶
Ürümqi 茶
Wuhan 茶
Chengdu 茶
Guiyang 茶
Liuzhou 茶
Yangzhou 茶、茶葉茶
Nanjing 茶
Hefei 茶
Nantong 茶葉茶
Cantonese Guangzhou 茶
Hong Kong 茶
Dongguan 茶
Hong Kong (Weitou) 夷茶
Taishan 茶
Yangjiang 茶
Kuala Lumpur 茶
Gan Nanchang 茶、茶葉茶
Lichuan 茶
Pingxiang 茶
Hakka Meixian 茶
Yudu 茶
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 茶
Liudui (S. Sixian) 茶
Hsinchu (Hailu) 茶
Dongshi (Dabu) 茶
Zhuolan (Raoping) 茶
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 茶
Hong Kong 茶葉茶
Senai 茶
Huizhou Jixi 茶
Jin Taiyuan 茶
Min Bei Jian'ou 茶
Min Dong Fuzhou 茶
Fuqing 茶
Matsu 茶
Min Nan Xiamen 茶
Quanzhou 茶
Zhangzhou 茶
Chaozhou 茶
Johor Bahru 茶
Haikou 茶
Leizhou 茶
Pinghua Nanning 茶
Wu Shanghai 茶葉茶
Suzhou 茶、茶葉茶
Hangzhou 茶
Wenzhou 茶、茶葉茶
Chongming 茶葉茶
Danyang 茶、茶葉茶
Jinhua 茶
Ningbo 茶、茶葉茶
Xiang Changsha 茶、茶葉茶
Shuangfeng 茶
Loudi 茶

Compounds

  • 烹茗
  • 煮茗
  • 耶悉茗
  • 茗具
  • 茗圃
  • 茗坊
  • 茗戰／茗战
  • 茗茶 (míngchá)

Japanese

Kanji

茗

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. tea, the tea plant

Readings

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
茗
めい
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

/mjau/ → /mjɔː/ → /mjoː/

From Middle Chinese 茗 (MC meŋX).

Pronunciation

Noun

茗 (hiragana めい, rōmaji mei)

  1. tea, especially tea picked later in the season[1]

Synonyms

  • 茶 (ちゃ) (cha) (especially tea picked earlier in the season)

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

Korean

Hanja

茗 • (myeong) (hangeul 명, revised myeong, McCune–Reischauer myŏng, Yale myeng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

茗 (mính, mánh, minh)

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