耄

耄 U+8004, 耄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8004 ← 考 [U+8003] CJK Unified Ideographs 者 → [U+8005]

Translingual

Han character

耄 (Kangxi radical 125, 老+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十心竹手山 (JPHQU), four-corner 4471₄, composition ⿱老毛)

Derived characters

• 𣮳

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 960, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28848
• Dae Jaweon: page 1409, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2781, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8004

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (毛) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
毛	*maːw, *maːws
髦	*maːw
旄	*maːw, *maːws
芼	*maːw, *maːws
氂	*rɯ, *maːw
枆	*maːw
酕	*maːw
牦	*maːw
耄	*maːws
覒	*maːws
眊	*maːws, *mraːwɢ
耗	*hmaːws
秏	*hmaːws, *hmɯːbs
毣	*mraːwɢ, *moːwɢ

Etymology 1

trad.		耄
simp. #		耄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mào (mao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mào
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mào
    • Wade–Giles: mao⁴
    • Yale: màu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maw
    • Palladius: мао (mao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mou⁶
    • Yale: mouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mō͘
    • Tâi-lô: mōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃³³/

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• Middle Chinese: mawH

Rime
Character	耄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫報切
Baxter	mawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɑuH/
Pan Wuyun	/mɑuH/
Shao Rongfen	/mɑuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mawH/
Li Rong	/mɑuH/
Wang Li	/mɑuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/mɑuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*maːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	耄
Reading #	1/1
No.	8788
Phonetic component	毛
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	冃
Old Chinese	/*maːws/

Definitions

耄

1. (literary) very old; senile
2. ^† befuddled; confused

Compounds

• 老耄 (lǎomào)
• 耄勤
• 耄思
• 耄期
• 耄耋 (màodié)
• 耄艾
• 耄荒
• 耄齡／耄龄
• 謬耄／谬耄

 

Etymology 2

trad.		耄
simp. #		耄
alternative forms		卯

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mauh

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mauh
    • Tâi-lô: mauh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mauq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mãuʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mãuʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mãuʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mãuʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mãuʔ³²/

Definitions

耄

1. (Hokkien) sunken in; shriveled; emaciated (especially the mouth of an old person)
2. (Hokkien) to chew slowly as a toothless person
3. (Mainland China Hokkien) to shrivel; to cave in; to sink in

   喙耄落去 [Hokkien]  ―  喙 mauh lo̍h-khì [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  The mouth caved in.

4. (Mainland China Hokkien) to embezzle; to misappropriate

Compounds

• 糜糜耄耄
• 耄喙
• 耄索
• 耄齒／耄齿

 

Japanese

Kanji

耄

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. senility

Readings

• On (unclassified): もう (mō)、ぼう (bō)
• Kun: おいぼれる (oiboreru, 耄れる)

Korean

Hanja

耄 (eum 모 (mo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

耄: Hán Nôm readings: mạo

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