麻

See also: 菻, 厤, and 痳
麻 U+9EBB, 麻
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EBB
← 麺
[U+9EBA] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 麼 →
[U+9EBC]
麻 U+2FA15, 麻
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2FA15
← 𪊑
[U+2FA14] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 䵖 →
[U+2FA16]

Translingual

Stroke order
Japanese 麻
Simplified 麻
Traditional 麻

Han character

麻 (radical 200, 麻+0, 11 strokes, cangjie input 戈木木 (IDD) or 戈十金金 (IJCC), four-corner 00294, composition ⿸广林(GJV) or ⿸广𣏟(HTK))

  1. Kangxi radical #200, ⿇.

Derived characters

  • Index:Chinese radical/麻
  • 摩 魔

See also

References

  • KangXi: page 1515, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47888
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2044, character 29
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4723, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+9EBB

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 麻

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 麻
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (麻) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
麻 *mraːl
痲 *mraːl
犘 *mraːl
縻 *mral
醿 *mral
爢 *mral
蘼 *mral, *mralʔ, *mrɯl
靡 *mralʔ
摩 *maːl, *maːls
魔 *maːl
磨 *maːl, *maːls
劘 *maːl
麽 *maːl
麼 *maːlʔ
塺 *maːls, *mɯːl
麾 *hmral

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 厂 + 𣏟: a representation of hemp leaves.

Pronunciation

Note: môa, bâ - vernacular, mâ - literary.
Rime
Character 麻
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 麻 (98)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 莫霞切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /mˠa/
Pan
Wuyun		 /mᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ma/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /maɨ/
Li
Rong		 /ma/
Wang
Li		 /ma/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ma/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 má
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 麻
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 má
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ mæ ›
Old
Chinese		 /*C.mˤraj/
English hemp

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 麻
Reading # 1/1
No. 8694
Phonetic
component		 麻
Rime
group		 歌
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 麻
Old
Chinese		 /*mraːl/

Definitions

麻

  1. hemp
  2. hemp fibre; linen
  3. rope made of hemp, flax, jute, etc.
  4. mourning garment; mourning apparel
  5. (historical) imperial edict
  6. Short for 芝麻 (zhīma, “sesame”).
  7. numerous; chaotic
  8. coarse; rough
  9. spotty; pity
  10. (traditional Chinese medicine) Short for 麻疹 (mázhěn, “measles”).
  11. pockmark; pock
  12. numb; senseless
    麻痺 / 麻痹  ―  mábì  ―  paralysis
  13. (of foods) numbingly spicy
    麻辣  ―  málà  ―  hot and spicy
  14. anaesthesia

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

麻

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
麻
あさ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

Noun

麻 (hiragana あさ, rōmaji asa)

  1. hemp
    • c. 800: Shibunritsu Ongi (page 47)
      麻衣 阿佐衣
  2. flax
  3. linen

Proper noun

麻 (hiragana あさ, rōmaji Asa)

  1. A surname​.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
麻
お
Grade: S
kun’yomi

/wo/ → /o/

From Old Japanese 麻 (wo).[3]

Pronunciation

Noun

麻 (hiragana お, rōmaji o, historical hiragana を)

  1. The hemp or ramie plant.
  2. Thread or yarn made from fibers derived from the bark of hemp or ramie stems.

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
麻
そ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Possibly from an altered pronunciation of asa.

Pronunciation

Noun

麻 (hiragana そ, rōmaji so)

  1. hemp
Usage notes

Most often found in compounds.

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
麻
ま
Grade: S
kan’yōon

From Middle Chinese 麻 (mæ, “hemp”).

Pronunciation

Noun

麻 (hiragana ま, rōmaji ma)

  1. The hemp plant.
  2. The bark of the hemp plant.
  3. Thread, yarn, or cloth made from the hemp fiber. Used in the past for mourning clothes in China.

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  • Tsukishima, Hiroshi (c. 800) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 2: Shibunritsu Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, published 1979, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

麻 • (ma)

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Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

麻 (ma, mà, mơ)

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